Buenos Aires

We arrived to Buenos Aires on Feb 6th and we have been exploring the city and figuring out the lifestyle.  People of BsAs relate themselves with Europe more so than Latin America and we definitely see why.  The architecture is very European with beautiful buildings everywhere.  The daily routine is very interesting here especially on the weekends.  People eat dinner very late just like in Santiago, but they don't go out till even later.  On Friday/Saturday, people meet for drinks around 12am and then head out to the bars around 3am.  This has taken some time to adjust as 3 am is way past our bed time.  This city is HUGE but luckily it has a great public transportation system.  We are staying in the Palermo neighborhood and it is perfect because everything we need is right around us.  We have been cooking at home for most dinners although I am currently addicted to empanadas for lunch.  We dined at two great steakhouses, Don Julio and La Cabrera.  Both were highly recommended and we totally see why.  This is definitely big city living which I have always wanted to do.  I would say the only cities that compare to this in the US would be NYC and SF.  Of all of the cities I've been to, this one has the best looking people as a whole.  The Spanish spoken here is much easier to understand than that of Chile and so we are able to get around a little easier here.  We have met a couple friends here and have had fun going out with them.  We just found out that our friend Melissa will be coming to stay with us starting Saturday for 2 weeks.  We are extremely excited as traveling internationally with best friends is unbeatable.  Who knows what kind of trouble we will get into!  Below are some photos from the first 10 days here in BsAs. 

Random street walking around.

Below are picture of Recoleta Cemetery.  This was one of the most interesting sites I've ever seen.

Eva Peron is buried in this cemetery.  I had no clue who she was until we went there and I'm still not too sure. 

Casa Rosada

 Panaoramic view of Plaza de Mayo

 In Plaza de Mayo

National Congress Building

Obelisk

Inside Plaza Dorrego Bar in San Telmo, over 130 years old and the bartenders and servers are about the same age.

On Sundays in Plaza Dorrego, San Telmo, they have a street market.  Below are a couple photos from that.  They sell a lot of antiques and other crap.

This is where I dominate Aaron in Tennis.  Clay courts!

 Here are a couple pictures from our meal at Don Julio.  Seriously one of the best steaks I have ever had and it's quite affordable.

Some monuments, in some intersections.  No clue what they are for.

This is at Las Heras Park which is right by our apartment.  We go here almost everyday and play cards and hangout.

Lagos de Palermo Park

Here was our meal at La Cabrera.  These are the 20 sides that came when ordering a steak.  It would have been good to know before ordering since we ordered and app & salad.  

Buenos Aires sunrise

Until next time. -Drew