We took the ferry across the water to BA and arrived at our around midnight. We stayed in the Hostel Suites, Obelisk in Central this time instead of San Telmo. The hostel is really cool, its basically split into individual apartments each sharing a kitchen and bathroom. The bar area is really busy and lively, although unfortunately for us on our arrival night it happened to be full of loud, drunken, shirt-off Argentinians and Americans!
Thursday we went to Palermo visiting the beautiful wide avenues and grassy green park areas. We later went into trendy central Palermo where we stopped in a cobbled square for a Stella Artois in the sunlight! In the evening we took advantage of a free meal from the hostel (which turned out to be a shoe leather piece of meat and rice!) and a few more beers, then went to a late showing of Sherlock Holmes at the cinema to take in the last English film we'll probably see for a while.Friday we walked from central down to San Telmo and Boca, stopping off at a deli to use our new found Spanish to order some delicious salame and cheese for lunch en route for just £1 all in! We had a great time wondering around taking in the architecture and amazing artwork on the buildings. David was pretty excited about getting in a game of chess from the locals in one of the parks famous for this, however we couldn't find anyone brave enough to take him on, only a table full of hobos trading white lightening!
We spent the afternoon walking (actually crawling in the sweltering heat) around the natural reserve in Puerto Maderno which was beautiful and a hidden gem in an otherwise crowded cosmopolitan city.
In the evening we met up with friends, Amy and Ben to attend a tango show called La Ventana in San Telmo, the show was fantastic, the food was great (half a cow each for main course!) and the company was even better. After the show we hit the bars (we are BRITISH, of course!) we traded wedding tips and travelling stories until the wee hours! It was a great night although the morning after proved a tough one as we had to get up and out by 11am! 
So now we are off on the bus to Bariloche excited by the prospect of fresh air, mountains and the great outdoors!Ciao!
Hi guys, I just came back from Buenos Aires and I found the city and the people amazing. I rented a 2br apartment with Buenos Aires apartments and it has been an extremely pleasant experience which I can recommend to everyone who plans to go to Buenos Aires. I Stayed in Palermo, the location was what I expected, full of nice restaurants and trandy shops. A city to come back!
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ReplyDeleteSteak like shoe leather followed by a Sherlock Holmes film - sounds like a regular night out at the Westbrook multiscreen.
The Stella looks great - including Lynne's pint -or was that yours for "afters"?
Lucky you did not take on the Argentinians
at Chess - they have a "hand of god" move which beats "checkmate" every time - or am I being too sensitive?
Enjoy Bariloche.Speak soon.
Hey guys!
ReplyDeleteLast month I went to BA with my family and we had a great time in our apartment rental Buenos Aires ! We loved the city because we had everything: restaurants, bars, shopping centers, many places to visit, and people were great!