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Published: January 24th 2008
Jan 11th - 18th: We got the early morning (5am, its not easy being a backpacker) ferry from Colonia Del Sacremento to Buenos Aires. What a great city, it boasts some of the most beautiful people in South America, and it´s funny I never felt so at home. Armed with my Prada sunglasses and my Dolcy and Gabanny hat that I bought in Paraguay I blended in well with the Portenas (local Buenos Aires people). I couldn´t believe my Prada glasses were so cheap, only five dollars. They´re really good as well, so good in fact that you can´t even see the sun or any form of light for that matter. Walking without a white cane became an issue so unfortunately I had to downgrade to something not quite as stylish. Looking good has its limits.
The first day we went to the graveyard ´´La Recoleta Cemetary´´ in the upmarket Recoleta district. It is a famous cemetary where the graves of some of the most famous people in Argentina are buried. Evita is the best know person buried in the cemetary, I never knew Madonna was dead. The graves are not actually like graves in fact they are more like
houses. Wandering around the graveyard is like wandering around an upmarket area like Broadford. There were alot of Irish names there also, like Daly and O´Farrell. The Irish always seem to get the best real estate in the city.
The next day we went to La Boca, home of the famous Boca Juniors football team (I swear I knew who they were before I arrived here) and one of the most lively and vibrant neighbourhoods in Buenos Aires. It is an area that was settled in by the Italians and the houses are all different colours and cladded in brightly coloured tin. This cladding was left over from the docks and the workers took it home to use to build their houses. The main street called ´´The Caminito ´´ is where there is a big market selling plenty of arts and crafts whilst people tango on the street. We couldn´t believe our luck as Maradonna happened to be there the day we went and he was signing autographs. He must be a bit strapped for cash as he was charging 10 pesos per photo. High from the excitement of our chance meetings with one of the most famous footballer´s
Niamhs Steak Dinner
Not happy with half a cow Niamh ordered her steak with half a pig on top.in the world and feeling a bit peckish we thought why not have a steak. Unfortunately they were only serving lunch time portions so we had to have a steak dinner again that night. For 3.50 euros per steak, it´s rude not to.
Sunday was spent wandering around San Telmos markets and eating more steaks. Everywhere you look in Buenos Aires there are markets or something going on, it´s great.
That week was back to school and the begining of our Spanish classes. We learnt useful stuff like reflexive verbs and irregular verbs. I don´t think we are any closer to booking our tickets at the bus station in Spanish. I´m not saying anything, but, Colm skipped school for half a day on Thursday and all of Friday. I think he felt he could tell them where he wanted to get off the bus after all.
I know steak seems to feature heavily in this blog but I can´t emphasise how good they are. We saved the guide book highly recommeded steak house in Buenos Aires until the Wednesday night and went to ´La Cabera ´ in Palmero. I think there was half a cow on my
plate and the steak was melt in your mouth.
We went out with our class on Thursday night and had a great night, we ended up in the bar in the party hostel with people in our class that were staying there. It was great at three in the morning if you were in the bar, not so great if you were in your bed.
Anyway we left Buenos Aires on Friday and headed for Patagonia. I think it´s time we introduced some of the other major food groups to our diets.
Until next time,
Niamh
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Conor Dowling
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Hi!
I cant believe you met Maradonna. Still looks like a fine athlete.