Chilling in the city

February 18th, Buenos Aires Argentina

This morning we didn't wake up for breakfast, didn't wake up for the cleaning lady, didn't wake up with 3  alarms... finally only did wake up when we realized we had no money left and had to make an Azimo trip. Of course it was close to 1 pm when we left, so I'll spare you all the drama of how we couldnt find the pick up point, how hot it was, how hungry we were, waiting for the shop to open from their lunch break - read older post "Argentina and the Blue Dollar".

After collecting the cash, we went to Chino Central; oh how I love Chinese food no matter how different it tastes world over. Back at the hostel we continued to do nothing, its actually shameful that we've been here 4 days now and still haven't been to La Recoleta Cemetery to see Eva Peron's grave. Especially considering how much I've loved Evita and Madonna's 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina'. Definitely in the next few days.

We walked around later in the evening to different barrios or neighborhoods. The good thing is that the both of us like walking so we wander aimlessly around the city and it's really the best.

There is one incredibly weird thing that we've noticed about the people here (much to Bernie's annoyance). This has happened twice or more already - when walking down a normal street, a random nicely dressed person, sometimes with a kid even, asks us something. We don't understand and assume they are asking for a lighter maybe. But no. They repeat themselves and what they are asking for is a sip of our drinks! Of our water or Coke or Sprite and we've been so surprised by this request that we give it to them. It's really very strange, I wonder if this is normal in BA to have non beggar beggars? We've decided that we're not going to part with our drinks anymore from tomorrow!

Tomorrow we will bid adieu to party hostel Milhouse and move to Gorriti in Palermo. It's a hip posh barrio that has lots of lovely boutiques and cafes and bars. We need a few days of luxury and relaxation before our 18 hour bus to Iguazu followed by crazy Brazil! Also we have our lunch reservation set up days ago at La Cabrera for the best steak in Argentina, we'll definitely wake up on time tomorrow.

Portrait of Eva on the Ministry of Health building on 9th of July street