Return to Buenos Aires

This time in Buenos, we decide that we really need a nice hotel for the next couple of days. Basically after a few weeks in hostels and knowing that we will probably be roughing it in Brazil, we figure we definitely deserve a change... Also as opposed to living near the city, we decide to live in around Palermo. Even though we got ripped off with the currency on the first trip, we still kept hearing positives about this place – nice rich area, great for drinks, cafes and lifestyle. So why not, all it took was a quick booking change to a nice hotel called Palermo Suites...

Now first thing you have to do in Argentina (exactly what we did the first time) is go searching for the best steak in the area. The hotel staff are more than friendly, a couple of young guys they seem to be excited that not just old people are staying in there, and are more than happy to help.. We end up at a restaurant called La Cabrera in San Telmo which is a small and crowded place renowned for famous people and amazing food – not necessarily in that order – and somehow get a table without a booking.. It is about midnight (dinner time for Argentina) and the restaurant is packed. This is what we got..

Cancel the rest of the trip, I am moving to Argentina. This steak was humungous and cost the equivalent of $20 AUD, not to mention completely delectable. However, while we were waiting for our meal, we notice 3 beautiful girls on the other side of the road and we decide to wave to them, which they respond with. Much to the amazement of the tables around us, we get the three of them to cross the road and get their numbers to organise a night out... Yep, definitely moving here....

The next day we decide to see some more sights around the town during the day including going to La Recoleta Cemetery... During the late 1800’s this cemetery was the resting place of Buenos Aires’ royalty, politicians, and war heroes, but is most famous (assuming just to tourists?) to be the tomb of Evita Perón, a wife of a past president of Argentina. She was the backbone of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Evita in the song ‘Don’t Cry for Me Argentina became famous.’ The cemetery was a maze of tombs the size of small houses, it almost feels like a small city of tombs.



The rest of the time in this lovely city was spent going out and partying like crazy, and some more sightseeing during the days. Buenos Aires is really an around the clock city. On our last night before flying to Brazil, we got home at around 7am, both Matt and me could not sleep so while George grabbed a few quick hours we decided to go and get breakfast at a cafe down the road. And lo and behold, there at 7am were a couple eating a steak and sharing a bottle of red wine. They were on a dinner date at 7am!! While other people were grabbing a quick coffee before work, it’s funny to imagine how this city functions on such different and random timetables! But hopefully I will be back here sometime in the future to find out!