An Unexpected Journey

Hola,

Wow so many blog posts recently. We have had a delightful, very spontaneous weekend.

So the plan was to spend Saturday in Lujan (a city about 70km out of BA) for a workshop that Oscar's friends from UBA (University of Buenos Aires) were hosting. So we rolled out of bed slightly late, caught the bus to Plaza Italia and waited for the bus to Lujan. And waited, and waited. After waiting way too long, Oscar got grumpy we decided to abandon the trip to Lujan and to trudge home. Walking to the bus stop we passed the Botanical Gardens and decided to pay them a visit. So it ended in a lovely walk, some serious medialuna eating on Oscar's part, some photo taking on my part and some geocache hunting.

So we jumped on a random bus that we thought would take us in the general direction of our apartment. While it inevitably didn't take us in the right direction, it did take us almost right to the door of Rapa Nui - the ice-cream/chocolate shop that we had been hanging out to try for ages. Amazing. There can't be anything better in life than a big scoop of dulce de leche helado.

Sunday morning started with some delicious fresh bread and croissants from our favourite French bakery around the corner (L'epi). We then headed out to centro to watch the Red Bull soapbox derby. Apparently the rest of BA also had the same idea. So we struggled to find a good viewing point and bailed - unfortunately all of the bus stop roofs, scaffolding, portable toilet roofs and shoulders were already occupied.

Again, we jumped on a random bus that this time actually did take us in the direction of our apartment. Walking towards our apartment we passed through an Indian Festival (there was no food so Oscar decided it was not worth our time), stopped for drinks in Starbucks, had a quick look at our local weekend 'hippy markets' and visited the Recoleta Cultural Centre. There really is always something happening in BA. Despite living a few hundred meters from the Cultural Centre we had never really had a good look before - the exhibitions were crazy, confusing, very interesting and slightly weird.

So summer is on it's way - it's getting warmer, the Jacarandas are flowering and there are more half-naked people in the parks. We're heading off for Uruguay (Part II) next weekend. This time we will ferry to Montevideo and drive up the coast a bit to the beaches. Hopefully the warm weather holds out for us!

Besos y abrazos,

H