Weekend and stuff

Saturday I went to El Cemetario de Recoleta. It's one of the biggest attractions in Buenos Aires. It has a bunch of crazy mausoleums. Once again, lots of stray cats everywhere, sleeping next to dead bodies. They're fearless. I wonder if anyone feeds them. The cemetary houses Eva Peron and a bunch of famous Argentines that I don't recognize. I think it'd be a lot cooler if I knew who they were, but I'm sure they were important people. We saw generals, political figures, doctors, etc.

After that, we walked around the area, checked out the art museum next door, as well as the market they had going on. Does anyone want anything? I haven't gotten anything yet, but I have my eye on a mate cup at some point. Feel free to request things, stuff here is cheaper than in the States. Anyway, the market was very awesome. There were lots of people just hanging out and listening to music. Then, we headed north over to see the Floralis Generica, this huge, wild looking metal flower structure. It's got stamens protruding up from the middle with lights at the top that light up at night. The petals also bloom in the day and retract at night. The whole thing is surrounded by a pool of water. Really cool. (Btw, I'm going to post pictures on Facebook, but I made it a private album, so ask if you want to see pics. I'm too lazy to get my camera out right now.)

Where did we eat that night?...I can't remember. Oh right, it was a fancy pizza place. Apparently, they put too much cheese on the pizza here, but the one we ordered was just right. It was a prosciutto (dry cured ham) and basil pizza. Awesome. I am also a big fan of prosciutto, so that was really good. I wish I could eat more, because I always get too full too fast. Sigh. OH and I forgot to mention earlier, that Argentineans really like their gaseosas. They love sparkling water. I've never really drank it before...but for some reason I like it now, haha. I'm fitting in well.

On Sunday, we went to the local Palermo market and checked out some stores. Again, mostly girl stuff like clothes, scarves, bags, accessories, shoes, etc. Then we ate at a place called the Food Factory. That was really good, plus they had a live jazz band playing in the corner so that was awesome. I got a non meat dish, because I've had a meat overload lately, so I ordered the pesto pasta. You can never go wrong with pesto. After that, we cabbed it to Alto Palermo, the big mall here. It has 3 floors and has some very expensive and stylish stores. Very cool, although nothing too special. A mall's a mall. For dinner, we went to a restaurant, I forgot the name, but we got a tasty chorizo to start, and then the Bife de Lomo. Very lean cut of meat, medium rare. One of the best steaks I've ever eaten, and perfectly portioned. I kind of wanted to lick up all the bloody juice it was so good. I also had a cafe con leche. And then we ordered a flan casera for dessert, but only after they told us they didn't have the chocolate brownie. Sad.

Not much today, walked around, got some empanadas, did laundry, and went to the gym. Tomorrow, I fly to Iguazu! I'm all packed to go, and flying out of Aeropuerto Jorge Newbery, a different airport than I came into. Google maps hasn't mapped out the streets in Puerto Iguazu where I'll be staying, so hopefully the local cab drivers will know the way. I've drawn out a rough map to get there. Then, I'll explore the town a bit and try to plan out the day for Wednesday. Look for a tour or something. I'll figure it out.

Bye bye.