La semana pasado, fuimos a Buenas Aires -
We went to Buenos Aires over the weekend, the capital and largest city of Argentina. Over 12 Million citizens have claimed B.A. and its surrounding metro area their home, making it the 2nd largest city in South America.
After finishing our 6am, 4 hour bus ride to the city, we made it to the hotel with just enough time to unpack our bags before we were off to see the sites:
Art museums, exhibiting the works of influential Latin American, and social revolutionizing painters such as Diego Rivera, and Frida Kahlo...
After finishing our 6am, 4 hour bus ride to the city, we made it to the hotel with just enough time to unpack our bags before we were off to see the sites:
Art museums, exhibiting the works of influential Latin American, and social revolutionizing painters such as Diego Rivera, and Frida Kahlo...
we went to a famous cemetary built in the likeness of ancient Greek Civilizations where the upper class and wealthy families buried their loved ones in a competition to see who could have the greatest lasting monument left behind... 
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.and we experienced open air markets called "Ferias", selling handmade foods, crafts, clothing and vintage ware.
That night dinner was served along side one of the cities most reputable "Espectáculos del Tango" - A 2 and a half hour Tango Show, at Madero Tango.
The 3 course meal was in the fashion of the traditional Argentine meal with an "Entrada" (appetizer), followed by "El Plato Principal" (main dish), and concluded with a rich and delicious " Postre," (the dessert) . One of the choices for dinner was, of course, Steak... the pride product of Argentina.
I woke up the next morning to be greeted by beautiful, dependable, Domingo (Sunday.) Today we toured the architecturally very European Catedrals de la Ciudad, old Catholic Churches that have withstood over a century of revolution and civil transformation.
A tour guide and expert historian shared with us many of these stories of revloution, but to place them all here would be to give little respect to all the parties involved, and to you, for of all that I would write in a 1,000 page text book is not what you want to read. A few of these stories do deserve a future post all on their own.
The 3 course meal was in the fashion of the traditional Argentine meal with an "Entrada" (appetizer), followed by "El Plato Principal" (main dish), and concluded with a rich and delicious " Postre," (the dessert) . One of the choices for dinner was, of course, Steak... the pride product of Argentina.
I woke up the next morning to be greeted by beautiful, dependable, Domingo (Sunday.) Today we toured the architecturally very European Catedrals de la Ciudad, old Catholic Churches that have withstood over a century of revolution and civil transformation.
A tour guide and expert historian shared with us many of these stories of revloution, but to place them all here would be to give little respect to all the parties involved, and to you, for of all that I would write in a 1,000 page text book is not what you want to read. A few of these stories do deserve a future post all on their own. All these memories in recollection our weekend to Buenos Aires was priceless and totally worth putting off extra studying for my 9am exam the morning after we returned... Any of you future Profesoras or Profesors out there, DONT DO THIS TO YOUR STUDENTS!!
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