Buenos Aires
We started our day at Café Tortoni, one of the famous cafés in town. I thought the place was closed as the doors were shut tight, but we soon found out that was just part of the mystique. You see, there is a door man who only lets in a certain number of people at a time, like a bouncer at a night club… only I don’t think you have to have the “look” to get in, just patience. It wasn’t long before we were seated and enjoyed espresso and scones.
Next it was down to the San Telmo neighborhood which is famous for antiques, art and tango, but must also be the gay neighborhood as there were more guys holding hands than I’ve seen in SF in a while. We tried to keep in the shade as it was HOT, stopping for ice cream and to look at antique chandeliers.
Next we caught a taxi over to La Boca neighborhood and El Caminito. La Boca is the blue-collar little Italy waterfront area. El Caminito is the famous street which probably used to be really cool, but now is full of hawkers, beggars, and vendors aggressively looking to get tourists in there restaurants. They were successful and we stopped for a beer. There was a guy singing his heart out while two people danced the tango in the street. It was all for the tourists of course, and they passed the hat afterwards, but it was still a lot of fun.
No pizza today, Amie just couldn’t do it again. We settled for salad and beef empenadas, a good compromise. They were delicious. The food is my favorite part of this town. We returned back to the AC and spent some time researching aspects of future parts of the trip.
Next it was down to the San Telmo neighborhood which is famous for antiques, art and tango, but must also be the gay neighborhood as there were more guys holding hands than I’ve seen in SF in a while. We tried to keep in the shade as it was HOT, stopping for ice cream and to look at antique chandeliers.
Next we caught a taxi over to La Boca neighborhood and El Caminito. La Boca is the blue-collar little Italy waterfront area. El Caminito is the famous street which probably used to be really cool, but now is full of hawkers, beggars, and vendors aggressively looking to get tourists in there restaurants. They were successful and we stopped for a beer. There was a guy singing his heart out while two people danced the tango in the street. It was all for the tourists of course, and they passed the hat afterwards, but it was still a lot of fun.
No pizza today, Amie just couldn’t do it again. We settled for salad and beef empenadas, a good compromise. They were delicious. The food is my favorite part of this town. We returned back to the AC and spent some time researching aspects of future parts of the trip.
No crystals here!
Members only
Found a good pair...too bad we didn't have the money!
Nice hot day in BA
Exploring the south end of the city
Here Gina, is this what you're looking for???
San Telmo
Enjoying the show
Street show
This guy loved singing his heart out
El Caminito
Some Boca art
Hi Moms!
posted by Pedro and Maria at 5:25 AM
3 Comments:
Glad you are in safer territory!! Have a Happy New Year!
Love, Phyllis
Hi Amie and Mike!!! form you comment "hello moms!" Glad to see you are getting some good food and relaxing and are safe and having fun! Thanks for keeping in touch . . XXOO
YES! Love the photo of the little boy. I would like to see some elderly folks as well as young children. You get what I'm thinking!
I'm glad you guys are having tons of fun and getting warm weather - so jealous!
gene
Post a Comment
<< Home