I've been too tired to post lately. I walk out each day and explore until I'm tired...which is pretty quickly, and then I come back home to rest before going out at night.
On Wednesday, I walked around the local Palermo area. I went to the Botanical Gardens, which is right next to the Buenos Aires Zoo in the Plaza Italia. There were a ton of stray cats in the garden, pretty awesome. It rained a lot that day, but it was nice because that meant the temperature was very cool. Not much else happened...that night we went to a small little restaurant called Corsocomo. It had a really awesome atmosphere. I had great pork cuts called churrasquitos de bondiola. And a limonada.
Yesterday I tracked down the closet subway station. It was the Plaza Italia D line, which goes all the way to Catedral station. It comes out right at the Catedral Metropolitana, which was the first place I went to. I liked it. I'm not religious, but I still enjoyed seeing the cathedrals and basilicas for the history, art, and architecture. The Metropolitana has the remains in the mausoleum of General San Martin, the Argentine who led them to Spanish independence. He's pretty big here, I saw a statue of him in Plaza San Martin, and also tried to get into Palacio San Martin. But they kicked me out. In the same plaza as the Catedral, Plaza de Mayo, there was the Casa Rosa, the Pink House. Basically the executive office. Next to that whole area was the Microcentro, which has all the banking and business centers.
After all that, I went for a nice long stroll down Calle Florida. It's awesome. Lots of buskers and performers and vendors in the middle of the street, and shops on each side. Super busy, I was pretty paranoid of getting pick-pocketed. I didn't get anything except for a cafe con mocha and some sort of apple water drink. I checked out a couple bookstores because I wanted to read Harry Potter in Spanish, but I think even Harry Potter might be a little too advanced reading for me. Too many magical words. Still, I think it'd help my Spanish skills a lot. I also went to see how much an Argentine national soccer jersey (camiseta) was. About $50 USD. It's alright.
We went to a Mexican restaurant that night, and ate awesome tacos. Delicious.
Today (Friday), I didn't do anything too crazy. I took the subte to Catedral again, and walked around Puerto Madero and San Telmo. There's the San Telmo market, which is pretty famous, but it's only open on weekends, so I'll try to go this weekend. Then I just roamed around Calle Florida again, because it's pretty fun to do that, and people watch too.
I keep trying to eat at inopportune times, but when I get hungry at around 4 or 5 PM, all the restaurants are closed, or not serving anything substantial. It makes me sad because I've been turned away a few times. I'm like, "I just want some empanadas and a cafe con leche!" Oh well.
Tonight we went to a really nice restaurant called Experiencia del fin del mundo. I ordered a T-bone steak. My brother had the braised lamb. I'll try to get pictures later. It was, by far, the best steak I've ever had. It was also the thickest. Like...2 inches thick probably. Came with papas wedges and some chopped peppers. The lamb was equally amazing. Then we got a chocolate tart dessert with plumb sherbet and tiny, thin, plum slices. I forgot what the slices were called. Really awesome. Oh and Argentineans really like their bubbly water. More than flat water.
Now I'm home. I just booked my flight to Iguazu on Tuesday, getting back on Friday. I'm going to go to the Iguazu Falls, and check out some crazy jungle action. I'll try to smuggle a monkey or a toucan back.
In other news, I'm watching the Suns game as I type this, and Robin Lopez just scored 11 pts in the 3rd quarter, wtf.
K Bye!
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