Well, today we gave up on walking around. Cabs for us, and they too are very cheap. So far the most expensive we have taken totaled 3 USD. Since it is Sunday, we, like every tourist in town, headed down to the San Telmo Flea Market. San Telmo is a traditional neighborhood, quite rough around the edges. Its architecture, though crumbling and worse, is gorgeous, and walking around looking up at the stunning french balconies with their loads of french doors made me wish someone would come into this neighborhood with a broom, some fresh paint, spackle and whatever else it would take to return this place to its former glory. The streets are dirty though, the people run the gamut from tango dancing touts to bedraggled looking beggars. On the upside, a 2 bedroom apartment
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