Buenos Aires Day 2

Today we did a touristy adventure. We went on a walking tour of the Recoleta neighborhood. We walked in a church. I am tired of churches. I am tired of gold leaf. I am tired of religious art work. Then we went into the cementary. MORE DEAD THINGS! It was at least a nice and not as creepy cemetary. We saw where Eva Peron, Evita is burried. There are huge tombes for many people. Sarah and I began being inconsiderate and choosing which ones we wanted to be burried in and why.

Then we went to an Argentina version of IKEA. That was a lot of fun. But I couldn´t justify buying candle holders that I could find at home. So I didn´t. I wanted to though.

Next we went to a giant flower sculpture called the Floralis Generica. It is a giant metal sculpture that opens its petals in the daytime, and supposedly closes them at night. It was huge. Pretty nifty sculpture.

Then we walked accross the street and went to an art museum called Museo National De Bellas Artes. It had so many famous painters in the museum. I was in shock at some of them. Especially since the museum let you take some pctures. It was fantastic. I really liked some of the paintings. I also liked that I have seen original famous works.

For dinner we went to our friends Anna and Nobertos house. We met this couple in the Galapagos. They made us empanadas. It was a lot of fun. We struggled through some of the conversations but managed t get by pretty well. When we left, they had given us a key to their apartment in Uruguay. We leave tomorrow.

05/06/2008