Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Don't Cry for Me...

After surviving the Trash Blanc - good one Sara and be careful Kathy (they are a little stinky ;-) - we made it into the city. Admittedly besides the personal shopping and Evita, we really weren't too sure what to look for in Buenos Aires.

We took the subway to the city center and tried to get money, but no one will take Ann's Visa travelers checks - oops. So we are still reliant on my $40 in pesos. However, who knew that could buy so much - taxi ride from the airport with tolls, tips, diet coke, subway tickets, etc. with room to spare.

We parked with diet cokes in the Plaza Mayo and enjoyed the weather. It's sunny and in the 80's here. Already we are getting color just by walking around outside (sorry Beth!). We saw the Casa Rosada made famous by Madonna ;-) as well as the rest of the stuff by the square. Shockingly (!) there were pigeons. I have no idea how these gross birds end up in major cities on almost all continents. Of course it can't be a cute animal, but a pigeon - gross.

We also walked down Ave Florida which is the enclosed shopping street. Walking from end to end is like having Deja Vu. Every few blocks there is a window display of Christian Dior, a Lacoste and someplace called Havana. It was strange, but super crowded. Ann overheard these 2 men talking about us wondering if we were American or German. I thought that it was a good sign that this is the 4th continent (NA not included) where someone thought I was German. We didn't stick out too bad.

We ended up in Retiro at the American Express/Accenture office to visit Beth and Kathy's coworkers and get some cash. Don't worry about the security there because to go to the bathroom we needed to submit our passports, get our pictures taken, get a guest pass and pass through security - it was great. Sara - we also found JWT in case you needed to transfer ;-)

Just took a v. long nap to try and rev up for tonight. Our room is cute. It's a little hostel-like, but adorable and the people are really nice. The neighborhood we are in is where all of the good restaurants and night life are. Just getting ready to shower and hit the town.

I am trying to upload pictures, but the internet connection here is spotty at best. So keep looking back and there will be pictures to go with this rambling journey.

Also thanks for the comments!!!



4 comments:

Anonymous said...

night life!! i want details! can't wait to hear about all the sexy argentinian men and how they try to speak to you in german ;) Sara is so right - that voice of reason doesn't speak spanish, so it doesn't exist down there! HAVE FUN - and Happy Thanksgiving!

sara said...

There were some Eastern Europeans on my train this morning with bad roots and dark eyeliner... I supposed they could be called "white trascjz"

Unknown said...

Hey honey sounds like quite the adventure!! Looking forward to the photos..soak up the sun bc it is awful here- I really should have stayed in Santa Fe yesterday and celebrated a Southwestern style Thanksgivin in the beautiful sunshine..oh well live and learn!

Jessica said...

I have a friend who has a theory that pigeons are really aliens sent to earth to spy on humans and that's why they are everywhere...so be careful what you say in their presence.