Buenos Aires - Tango, Vino, Grill And Colorful Barrios
Posted On Saturday, March 5, 2011 at at 2:32 AM by Alvin
At long last, after 48 hours of buses, planes and transit lounges (taking the USA route via Detriot and Atlanta), we touched down in this famous city at 745AM and managed to find an apartment hotel in the Microcentro district. We ventured out to this huge city, blinded by the unfamiliar Southern Sun, we had a "Menu del Dia" that came with a generous glass of vino tintos and that helped us hit the sack at 3PM for an "early" night !
Still feeling dis-orientated from all the flying around, we managed in the following days to direct ourselves around BA and visited the majestic Plaza de Mayo, sprinted across the 12-lanes Avienida 9 de Juilo (before the lights turning red), braved the chaotic and buzzing traffic in Retiro as well as visiting the subdued but dignified Recoleta Cemetery. We watched the famous Tango danced by street performers near Galerias Pacificos along the pedestrianised Avienida Florida and of course visited the colorful La Boca and San Telmo Barrios via the famed La Bombonera Futbol Stadium (where Boca Juniors played at home); the buildings in La Boca was brightly colorful on the blue blue day and this Barrio had numerous Maradona statues - a tribute to this great futbol player !
We made numerous cafe stops and relaxed with an Espresso in this very curious European/Latin city, as well as digging in the unforgettable "Parrillas" with all the grilled meat we could eat for a few months...Vino from Mendoza was definitely a must-try here as the Malbec was smooth and strong and we washed down the grilled beef steaks and blood sausages with a satisfying sigh. Yeh, we felt settled in this interesting city rather quickly though we were thousand miles from home !
