Being tourists

We've been here almost a week now and it has been fun. We've basically been tourists, walking everywhere, figuring out the subte (subway), checking out new places to eat and drink, and checking out the parks and sites that Buenos has to offer.


On our way to all the sites, we had to cross some major roads. This is taken from one of the pedestrian bridges in the northern part of the city. There are tons of trees around, but they're probably all being choked by the exhaust of the buses.


We visited the famous Cemetaria Recoleta where Eva Peron is "buried." The graves are little huts with entire families buried in the depths below. Some of the coffins can be seen from the little windows on "ground level". I think those are the most important people in the grave or maybe they were just the ones who died last. We could probably read about it, because the man begging for money at the front forgot to tell us. The following are pictures from the cemetary.


Two pictures from the church connected to the cemetary.

Somebody's important crypt.Another wicked cool tomb that kind of reminds of a 'sand drip' castle. This person didn't want all the pomp and circumstance that came with gold...a low-flyer.Eva Peron's crypt. She's somewhere in there. We heard that there were some body snatchers who have tried to get her in the past. She means that much to people around here.
A peek into a crypt. The gold handrails lead to the depths of the unknown. There were a couple we peered into that we could see at least three floors down. Every door is padlocked for the dead's safety. We wouldn't want them to get out either...

The church that we went in before the cemetary was pretty interesting. Lots of graphic Jesus' in many different poses. Much smaller than most of those found in Europe.


Yesterday we went to the Reserva Ecológica near Puerto Madero. There are a bunch of trails that many of the locals use to 'escape' the city. They said that over 30% of the nations bird species were represented here. But, what was funny was Hanna's chorizo almost getting tagged by a parrot-looking bird just outside the park. I probably still would have eaten it. Our 3 or 4 mile walk included stops at the river, which you may notice has kind of a brownish tint...if you can even call it that.
The skyscrapers blowing up the landscape. Shows how close we were. You can see all the cranes in the distance too, we're amazed at how much construction is going down all around.

You can make out grandma in the background with her sweet bikini. Never mind those people front and center.
Rio de la Plata in the background of both the previous pictures. Looks pretty 'silver' huh? I tried to drink it but Hanna wouldn't let me.

In other news, Byron's decision to get a haircut prior to landing in BsAs was a bad decision. His sweet mullet surely would have protected him from the lashing rays. Instead his bare neck beared the brunt of the hot sun all day. Maybe he'll listen to his girlfriend one day.

We ate dinner at a hole in the wall restaurant last night. Pretty sure we were the only non-regulars to set foot inside there in the past ten years. We ate two full meals, complete with bread and salad and a bottle of wine all for about $17 US dollars. The walls were adorned with pictures of tango dancers from the roaring 20's. Our neighborhood is famous for tango, and dance classes are plentiful. Hanna takes classes while Byron goes to play soccer. It's a perfect way to spend the evening. So clearly we have no jobs yet, but things are brewing.

Thanks for reading, we're off to the store to get some empanadas with cheese, empanadas with carne, emanadas with carne dulce (sweet meat), empanadas...you get the idea. Probably some yogurt and icecream too, the people around here love that stuff.