Street Art, Graffiti, Vandalism — Buenos Aires, Argentina

  Buenos Aires, Capital Federal District, Argentina
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Morning- up and at it at about 10:30 - barely made breakfast. 

Hoofed it down to see the giant flower - obviously not in time for it to automatically open with sunrise. Oops. OK - cool.. seen it. No time for much - hopped a cab and headed to the meeting spot for the "Graffiti Mundo" tour.

Here's the link:
http://graffitimundo.com/

Price was affordable - it involved a combo of some light walking and shuttling on a van. I found it to be pretty neat, if you're into Graffiti... if not, you might find it a bit drawn out. I love art so it was great for me. Mike thought it was a little long... but it's a great activity for an afternoon if you have a week in BA like we did. 

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Recoleta, etc — Buenos Aires, Argentina

  Buenos Aires, Capital Federal District, Argentina
Wednesday, July 18, 2012

We wandered around Buenos Aires today.... Checked out the Evita museum which was the only one in BA we spent any time in - it was great... filled with interesting stuff - clothes, toys and books created for Evita's youth programs- some of her outfits, video clips of her ...all the way to her death - she was so loved. 

 After Evita, we meandered through the botanical gardens - free... not really all that impressive but probably because it's winter?   grabbed a bite at an adorable cafe in Palermo... I was attracted to the bright white walls with red and turquoise accents. The food was awesome...Pupila Madre on Guatemala, if you find yourself in that area. 
By the time we made our way back to our hotel it was time to get ready for dinner and our tango show at El Viejo Almacen

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The tango show has a pre-show dinner option which is apparently terrible, so thankfully Mike only reserved the show and we picked out another spot close by for dinner.  The show included transportation from the hotel which was really great considering the show in San Telmo was about a 30 minute drive from our Palermo B&B.  

Amici Miei was our dinner spot of choice- one of the top BA spots on Tripadvisor. It wasn't crowded because we ate at 8pm, WAY too early by Buenos Aires standards. We got a glass of wine (saved ourselves for open bar at the tango show) and 2 of the most gigantic, heavy, and FANTASTIC pasta dishes ever. We could have had just one for 2 of us and not even finished it, but we wanted to try two. Ugh, we were so stuffed. 

Here is a link to the restaurant. 100% recommend.
http://www.amicimiei.com.ar/

The tango show didn't disappoint. It was just long enough... any longer and it would have been too long- open bar...tons of wine ... not great wine (probably felt a little spoiled with all the fabulous Malbec and whatnot) but whatever... beggars can't be choosers.

After the show we had our van driver bring us to Caracas, a bar in Palermo, to meet up with our new friend Parnilla and my old friend from college who I ran into on Sunday, Marc. We arrived at the bar to find Parnilla and Marc had already met and were having a drink together! Love.

3am - bed time. 

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