We hire a guide, Ceri ("Cary") to give us a walking tour of BA, which is very interesting given all that is going on in Argentina these days (consult your recent NYTimes). We see monuments to Argentina's independence in 1810, see the presidential palace (the Pink House) and the Congress and other office buildings. We get schooled in how to recognize and avoid pickpockets, how to recognize fake pesos, and all the other indignities that Argentinans seem to take for granted. We rode on the subway and it seemed modern and safe. We'll use this knowledge when we return to BA on Monday from Iguazu Falls.
In the main square, Argentinan veterans of the Falklands war in 1982 protest their ungrateful treatment when they returned. Reminds me of Vietnam vets.
We enjoyed a local Patagonia beer with our guide Ceri at a cafe.
Later we stopped at a local hole in the wall for empanadas and a "penguin" (liter carafe) of wine. Truly yummy. Ordered it all in Spanish even though we don't speak the language! Picking up key phrases ...
And we enjoyed really tiny ice cream cones in a local mall. Debb did the ordering again in Spanish with no mishaps!
Tonight we'll take it easy at the hotel in preparation for tomorrow's flight to Iguazu. The hotel will let us store our checked baggage so that we can fly up there with just carry-on. Woo hoo!
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