Buenos Aires, Tuesday & Wednesday
November 26th, 2006
Tuesday started out with a little fun. We decided to go check out the Museo de Arte Moderno (The Museum of Modern Art) in San Telmo, but when we got there it looked closed. So we rang the doorbell and the man that comes out informs us that the museum is closed for renovations for at least another year. Damn, now what? We walked around a little and found a plaza. Sat down for some nice cold water, sin gas (without gas), and figured out what to do next.
We decided to go to the Micro Centre, and check out Plaza de Mayo, where the Casa Rosada (the Pink House) is. It is similar to the White House in the states in function, except that president doesn’t live there. This is where Evita spoke to the throngs of supporters out on the Plaza de Mayo from a balcony.
From there we went to the Catedral Metropolitana, which is a very beautiful church, that doesn’t look like a church from the outside. Marilee wasn’t convinced that it was a church until we went inside. We were getting hungry so we found a Cuban restaurant where we had a nice lunch. And then we walk around a lot! Marilee wanted to find a pair of boots, buts its kind of hard since its late spring, and its very hot. We had a little snack at one of the many cafes, and headed back to the caseron for a nap.
Woke up around nine, showered and then headed out to dinner. I love this country. Dinner is really late here compared to back in the states. Ever since Burning Man I have been getting more and more into drum and bass, so I found a discoteca, Bahrein that has a really nice restaurant, Crizia, and drum and bass on a Tuesday night. We arrive around 10 and the restaurant was empty, which made us a little nervous at first, but the waiter assured us that it was only empty because of the disco that night. So we sat down to one of the best dinners we have had since my arrival. I highly recommend this place. The service and food are excellent. We had two wonderful appetizers, breaded and fried Brie, and crab cakes. For dinner Marilee had Pumpkin Raviolis and I really rich and smooth Risotto with Grilled Shrimp. It was so good. For desert Marilee had a bread pudding with fresh whipped cream and dulce de leche. I had a creme brule, that I couldn’t finish because it so sweet, delicious, but sweet. So around one o’clock when we were finished with our meal (every meal is an event here, I love it) headed down to the disco. Oh man, I love Drum and Bass. We had so much fun dancing. The place was so packed, and portenos don’t have personal space issues like we Americans do, because there doesn’t seem to be personal space, at least not at the discos. People just dance on top of each other, which at first was a little annoying, but once I got used to it, it was fine and I had a lot of fun. We left the club around 4am and it was still bouncing. It supposedly stays open until the wee hours of the morning. What a city. This is the city that doesn’t sleep, sorry New York.
Yesterday was sort of a mellow day. Got up around 10:30, went down to breakfast, and then headed out. We went to a botanical garden that is inhabited by hundreds of cats. We then went to the zoo and spent most of the afternoon there. Went back for a nap, and left the caseron for dinner around 10 o’clock (he he).
We went to a section of town called Palermo Viejo, which reminds me of The Village in New York. We found a nice little Italian restaurant, and decided to check out a jazz club. When we go there at 1:30am it was closing down. We were shocked, it was only 1:30. So we went back to the caseron.
Happy Thanksgiving!
