Pleasant Visit

I BOUGHT A (stuffed animal) MONKEY IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA!!

Despite conversation concerning smuggling a live monkey over the border and that it would be silly to do so, I settled for a stuffed animal monkey whom I will name B.A. (for Buenos Aires) and he shall be my B.F. (best friend) I knew I could have smuggled a monkey over the border though…

We had a weekend excursion to Buenos Aires, Argentina this weekend. It was AMAZING! I thoroughly loved the trip. We took a 2-hour bus ride to the Rio de Plata where we caught a short ferry into Buenos Aires. Most of the way to B.A., I read a book set in Montevideo and the surrounding area but was distracted when I got on the boat by how cool this glamorous ferry was. We got into B.A. and checked into our hotel that was very nice. I stayed with a couple other guys in a 2 story  room on the top floor. We went to a tango dinner where we watched some dancing while we ate some very nice meals. Yes, that is where I ended up eating 3 desserts: chocolate pudding, lemon ice cream and fruit ice cream. (long story) After we watched some tango, we went back to our superb hotel to catch a few winks before our short city tour.  We got back on our bus to stereotypically tour the city while getting off at various view-worthy sights. One of our stops was Evita’s (Eva Peron) house named Casa Rosado. She lived and made her famous speech to the people there. We went back to the hotel for a bit of free time which consisted of an elongated lunch before and a siesta afterwards. That night we had another fine dinner at a nice restaurant followed by a pleasing return to our hotel. On Sunday, a few of us went to the zoo where I cared about nothing but my hearts’ desire: monkeys! I had high hopes before entering the museum and I had those hopes playfully met. Then, we went to an outdoor exposition mall where there were several small tents situated slighty squeezed yet simultaneously side by side. I bought a couple knick knacks there and others bought their own Argentina treasures. By cab back to the hotel we went where a journey to our departure by a similar ferry awaited us. And now, here I am going through various multimedia (blog, pics, video) of our Argentina adventure!