Exploring Buenos Aires

I bet there could have been a rock band in the room with me and i would have never heard them...I slept like a breast fed baby.

My stomach was growling after the first two cups of tea so it was time to go explore, more importantly, i had to find two things, breakfast and a bar of soap.

so dressed i got, and out the door i went. I decided that cause i had gone right the night before on my short walk, today i would go left, i rounded the corner and walked some of the side streets, passing by shops selling shoes, power tools, plumbing supplies, pharmacies, little bodega's selling snacks and soda's, but what i was really looking for was a market.

while i continued on i passed by a shop selling fruit outside, looking in I saw they sold more than just fruit and veggies and ventured in to see what i could come up with, i found at the meat counter some already pre-packaged cubes of meat and cheese and some small loaves of bread, bingo, i found my breakfast, with a bottle of water to compliment it i was half way done with my search this morning. Continuing on through the store i found the soap and shampoo isle, i decided on just a bar of soap, as shampoo probably wouldn't be able to make it on a plane had i decided to get on another one before the flight home.

with my tasty meats and cheeses, bottle of water, and bar of soap i headed off back to the hostel to get that much needed shower. Of course now coming out of the shop i realized on important missed step, in my search for the shop i hadn't really paid much attention to the route i took to get there. oh well, i had my breakfast, what better way to see the city than to wander with some food and enjoy it while i walked.

later in the afternoon it was time to take in some of the sights and check out this resturaunt that the hostel owner had recommended, La cholita. i headed out and saw the capital building, some of the great architecture the city had to offer, the pink palace, or the govenors palace, the oblesik, the two main drags and then headed over to la cholita for dinner.

la Cholita is a steak place, one thing argentinians are known for is there meat, they like there beef and they like a lot of it. for dinner i had an apetizer, a beer, the bife de como (not really sure what cut it was), all i know is that it was huge, and good, and it came with frittes (fries). after only getting through half my steak i decided it was getting dark and time to head back, or should i say waddle back, All in all the meal cost me 60ARS or about 15 dollars

but on the way i needed to pick up a couple provisions, tea and bread, as i know had leftovers to have for breakfast i wanted some tea to drink in the mornings, as well as break to make a sandwich with. SSo a stop at the Disco (thats the name of the grocery store) for the break tea and a 1.5 litre of water for 12 peso's (3 USD) i was ready to climb the five flights of stairs and die into a couch.

All in all it was a good day. Maybe tomorrow i'll take the ferry over to Uraguay.