Argentina - Buenos Aires

We had planned to travel more in the southern part of Bolivia, but there were multiple road blocks due to political demonstrations. It was probably nothing, but we didn´t want to walk into a potential hassle and Lorena found us cheap tickets to Buenos Aires, so we flew here instead.

The night we arrived in Buenos Aires, it snowed. The last snow in Buenos Aires was in 1918! There were tons of people in the street taking pictures. Here´s a Time article about it. With these odds, I am going to buy a lottery ticket.

Bill´s cousin Jeremy is in Buenos Aires for business. So we are crashing at his five star hotel room. The international freeloading continues. Thanks, Jeremy!

So, what have we been doing in Buenos Aires for a week?:

(That´s Jeremy above.)

We are eating about one cow a day. For $10, you can get an amazing meal here, though we always pay more because Bill refuses to get the cheap house wine. Portenos (people from Buenos Aires) eat LATE! Restaurants don`t even open until 8 or 9pm. We have seen families with little kids just sitting down to eat at 11pm. Here`s Bill showing the time (11:45pm) at a restaurant:

This is at Recoleta. It feels like the Upper West side in NYC with cute restaurants, shops and doorman buildings:

Recoleta cemetery - the size of a small town. Evita (played by Madonna in the movie, angering many Portenos) is buried here:

Subway made it easier to find our way around the city:

La Bocca - a working class neighborhood famous for its brightly painted buildings:

This road has about 16 lanes:

Bonus Item:

(Buenos Aires has one of the largest Jewish population outside Israel.)