BUENOS AIRES 
Day 7 – 12/08/09
Trip adviser.com suggests that the best tourist attraction in BA was the BA free tour walk which is a 3 hour walk around the city pointing out the main attractions in the city. This to me was hell but when we got to a church I woke up because it was where Maradona the “hand of god” footballer was married so it was starting to get a little interesting. Also visited the Pink house balcony where Evita or you could say Madonna in the movie spoke out to the city.
After walking the legs of ourselves we hit a steak house, Argentina is known for there huge tender steaks. So 2 beers, bottle of Vino, 3 fillet steaks (knowning we only ordered 1), tomato mozzarella and bread for a staggering 16euro later……it was true!! Greatest steak ever but for a record price. We were obviously ready for the sack after that, ready for more free tours tomorrow!!!!!
check out the house on top of the building!!
Day 8 – 13/08/09
We started our day with a cup of coffee in “Café Tortoni” BA’s most famous and oldest café, founded in 1858. All the interiors are still as it was when it first started, and all the waiters dress in old fashioned clothes.The little house on the top of this building is the owners house of the property, he decided to build it becuase it was too far to travel into the city from his farm!!! After that we headed off to San Telmo - a cute little area with loads of antique shops selling really old TV’s and telephones. We sat in the square for a bit to watch people dance the tango! Then we headed to San Martin Square to start the evening tour – with BA free tour – It was super cold so we got quite giddy, and started laughing at this “know it all” on the tour. He didn’t stop talking and using his hands to talk as well…they were going everywhere!! So that kept us amused as we went through the salubrious side of town- we’re talking Vico Road stuff!! The houses were massive palaces. Our tour guide was hilarious too, she said that loads of people get plastic surgery over here so she calls this area a safari, sometimes you see them sometimes you don’t! To point them out she shouted “LION, LION, LION” – Luckily we saw one, the poor old bag got such a fright with all of us shouting - yet her face didn’t change!!
Day 9 – 14/08/09
We headed off to the Recoleta Cemetery, to visit Evita’s grave. The place was quite creepy – obviously it was a cemetery – but it looked like a small version of a posh city, the graves were like mini palaces. They had as much detail in the grave’s as they did with the massive houses we saw the evening before! You could even look through the doors or windows and inside were coffins with seats, tables and photos! After that we walked through a hippy market, Rob got his first hippy ‘man’ bracelet and I got hippy earrings…ha ha many more of this to come!! We walked for literally hours to find a well known steak house “La Cabrera”, but Rob got cranky walking for so long so we stopped in an Irish bar – “O’Sullivans” – so Irish it even had Irish prices!! €6.30 for a pint of Guinness! After quenching our thirst we walked again for ages looking for this restaurant, eventually we found it! It was so full we had to sit outside, on the corner of the path, right at the entrance, which meant that the queue formed around our table!! But the steak did make up for it, we ordered a steak for one again but 4 fillets arrived with two plates of condiments! Yum!
Day 10 – 15/08/09
So we’re currently waiting to head to the airport to catch a flight to Lima, Peru, to start our 35 day tour to Santiago, Chile!
Day 7 – 12/08/09
Trip adviser.com suggests that the best tourist attraction in BA was the BA free tour walk which is a 3 hour walk around the city pointing out the main attractions in the city. This to me was hell but when we got to a church I woke up because it was where Maradona the “hand of god” footballer was married so it was starting to get a little interesting. Also visited the Pink house balcony where Evita or you could say Madonna in the movie spoke out to the city.
After walking the legs of ourselves we hit a steak house, Argentina is known for there huge tender steaks. So 2 beers, bottle of Vino, 3 fillet steaks (knowning we only ordered 1), tomato mozzarella and bread for a staggering 16euro later……it was true!! Greatest steak ever but for a record price. We were obviously ready for the sack after that, ready for more free tours tomorrow!!!!!
check out the house on top of the building!!Day 8 – 13/08/09
We started our day with a cup of coffee in “Café Tortoni” BA’s most famous and oldest café, founded in 1858. All the interiors are still as it was when it first started, and all the waiters dress in old fashioned clothes.The little house on the top of this building is the owners house of the property, he decided to build it becuase it was too far to travel into the city from his farm!!! After that we headed off to San Telmo - a cute little area with loads of antique shops selling really old TV’s and telephones. We sat in the square for a bit to watch people dance the tango! Then we headed to San Martin Square to start the evening tour – with BA free tour – It was super cold so we got quite giddy, and started laughing at this “know it all” on the tour. He didn’t stop talking and using his hands to talk as well…they were going everywhere!! So that kept us amused as we went through the salubrious side of town- we’re talking Vico Road stuff!! The houses were massive palaces. Our tour guide was hilarious too, she said that loads of people get plastic surgery over here so she calls this area a safari, sometimes you see them sometimes you don’t! To point them out she shouted “LION, LION, LION” – Luckily we saw one, the poor old bag got such a fright with all of us shouting - yet her face didn’t change!!
Day 9 – 14/08/09
We headed off to the Recoleta Cemetery, to visit Evita’s grave. The place was quite creepy – obviously it was a cemetery – but it looked like a small version of a posh city, the graves were like mini palaces. They had as much detail in the grave’s as they did with the massive houses we saw the evening before! You could even look through the doors or windows and inside were coffins with seats, tables and photos! After that we walked through a hippy market, Rob got his first hippy ‘man’ bracelet and I got hippy earrings…ha ha many more of this to come!! We walked for literally hours to find a well known steak house “La Cabrera”, but Rob got cranky walking for so long so we stopped in an Irish bar – “O’Sullivans” – so Irish it even had Irish prices!! €6.30 for a pint of Guinness! After quenching our thirst we walked again for ages looking for this restaurant, eventually we found it! It was so full we had to sit outside, on the corner of the path, right at the entrance, which meant that the queue formed around our table!! But the steak did make up for it, we ordered a steak for one again but 4 fillets arrived with two plates of condiments! Yum!
Day 10 – 15/08/09
So we’re currently waiting to head to the airport to catch a flight to Lima, Peru, to start our 35 day tour to Santiago, Chile!
Great Blog guys keep it coming. On another note I spent about half an hour on the phone today trying to explain where rathfarnham is to an Indian man. With any joy I'll hopefully have your car sold tomorrow evening. I'll be in touch.
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Aaron Christopher Davis