Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Buenos Aires

We are here. Arrived late and slept in ... so nothing to report yet. Fights.... were interesting.

Had to stop at an airport in the middle of the desert ... fill in forms ... go through immigration and customs checks ... then board the plane again. Bizzare!!!

We´re staying in the hostel ... above a restaurant ... but nobody else appears to be here. We seem to have it to ourselves .... so much for Zac´s advic about meeting people in hostels.

Had to find a restaurant recommended by Zac for lunch today. His description was something like this .... place is nothing flash, in fact pretty rough, but the steaks are amazing. Sometimes the cook is rude, sometimes he is cranky .... you order steak, and if you want anything else, like salad or potato, you have to order that as a side ... and they just throw the meat at you...

Well that´s about right. Zac´s recommendations about food have been spot on so far. We all had ´bife de chorizo´... also Zac´s recommendation. The waiter arrived from downstairs carrying a plate with a pile of steaks on it and he proceeded to toss/fork them onto our plates. Interesting place ... but we now know that we ned to order them ´well-done´... not medium. Medium is quite red.

I had some vino tinto .... which came in a penguin shaped jug!! They do things differently over here.

Saw a tango display in the mall today. Hoping to catch a show one night.

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