Day 296
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Temp: Raining but mild 27C
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AU$1 = ARG PESOS $2.71
San Telmo, Bueonos Aires, Argentina, South America
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The place of TANGO, MEAT, SOCCER..CARLOS CARDEL and MATE tea!!
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We´ve done a bit more exploring around Buenos Aires.
Last night we had dinner at an italian, argintinian place and have ravioles de ricotta and canelones de pollo...yummy! The food, as i said before, has so much flavour! Even the ensalada´s are tasty...one salad we had last night had beetroot, grated carrot, boiled potato cubes and tomatoes...and of course accompanied, as always, with oil and balsamic vinegar. SO simple, yet so tasty!
Yes..the food here is fresh and extremely fresh, succulent and tasty!
At the moment we´re in a huge shopping centre called Pacifico..and it´s massive! We ate dinner here, which was this bread encased tuna and salad dish...and you eat the plate and the utensils! (made of pastry!) Greg had some argentinian meat...which they´re famous for.
Some locals have told us of a great place that has succulent meat...at what they call a ´parrillo´ (meat house) which we´re going to see if we can get into tomorrow. They have live tango as well!
On our explorations today...we saw a lot of street shows going on...and they seem to have expert tango dancers in the street and people (gringos..tourists!) pay to dance with them!
IT´s really busy here on a Sunday...lots of people painting and dancing in the streets. A hive of activity!
We watched a street guy paint with metallic paint using a phone book and the pages of it all crumpled or folded or scrunched...as well as discs of all shapes, dvd´s, cd´s, records, as his paintbrush! So amazing to watch..I felt like buying one of his works but didn´t have anywhere to store it to take it home! Story of my life...i see thngs, wish i could souvenir them, but know i can´t!
We´re getting used to the smells in our area, San Telmo, and after reading more about the place, we realise we´re in the ´real´ Argentina!
And don´t we know it...Last night after we´d gone to bed..we heard these really loud bangs..and screams..and i thought..ok, now i know why we have been warned by everyone, including the hostel staff, not to walk around here at night.
We´ve been warned....
Having said that, tonight we´re off to a Tango show...at 9.30pm! But...it´s organised through the hostel so we´ll be in a group..It´s 90 pesos for show and drinks (malbec, they´re local drink) so it should be good!
Will tell you all about it later...
We´re also planning to go to the Evita museum in Palermo here in Buenos Aires. It´s devoted to everything there is to know about Evita..or Eva Peron...an icon of the twentieth century and an important historical figure of the twentyfirst century.
The song¨Don´t cry for me argentina´was based on Eva Peron´s life...
And..Remember Madonna in the movie, Evita..and Andrew Lloyd Webber´s musical Evita...?
It´ll be interesting to learn more about her anyway...
Okies..must go...will let you know how the Tango goes!!!
