FUN:travel – Buenos Aires, Argentina – 4 days

February 4, 2013 by · Comments Off on FUN:travel – Buenos Aires, Argentina – 4 days 

The ABC’s of Argentina
A = Awesome
B = Bummer
C = Celebration

Day 3 – Friday, February 1 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – 95 degrees & feels like 102!

La Boca

 

  • A – 9:30 wake up – slept great
  • 11:30 – “hop on hop off” Bus Touristico picks up 2 blks from hotel
  • $120 pesos (around $24 each) for 24 hrs
  • want to go back to La Boca (we were here in 2009) lots of colorful buildings & oversized sculptures of odd looking people
  • B – city doesn’t look as pretty – lots of graffiti – dirty
  • 1:30 – get to La Boca – walk around – meet nice couple from LA
  • lots of outdoor cafes w/live music & couples Tango dancing
  • 4:30 – get off bus @stop 15 – not too far from hotel – takes about 20 mins
  • B – really too hot for good walk
  • 7:00 dinner @ Puerto Cristal in Puerto Madero

Bar Sur Tango

  • A – grilled provolone w/oregano & olive oil, spinach, lentil, veggie salad – VG – pink salmon overcooked & Alamos malbec wine – $108
  • 9:00 – Bar Sur for Tango – short walk from restaurant (10 blocks)
  • A – only 10 tables, very intimate – 2 couples dance, 1 singer, 3 musicians  – $126
  • 11:00 – take taxi back – $10 seems to be the average to get around town
  • A – get to hotel just as rain starts pouring down

FF – (FUN-fact) – Buenos Aires has lots of big grand parks.