Cruising Baires

Ok... So I finally get to my own stuff again. Hope that you all haven't missed me too much (or too little. I do have a bit of an ego...)

It's hard to believe but I almost got into an argument with Helena last night about how long I've been here already (I must accede, I would have lost the argument even if I was right.) But it's only been a week and a half! It seems like it must have been 2-3 weeks already with as much as we have been doing and as good as (I feel) that my Spanish has been coming along. But then again I was getting frustrated that I have not been able to fluently converse with some of Helena´s friends and realized it hasn't been that long.

Anywho... Pictures.

So, the first thing that is usually on my mind here is food: what are we getting, when are we getting it, and why is it not in my belly right now? So last Friday we headed off to Palermo to start our day. A very cooll part of town and one of the oldest.



We immediately headed for a place and when I saw it I couldn't help but crack up like a fool! "Kentucky Pizza!"



"Kentucky Chicken" I could understand, but Pizza? Well, we were not actually looking for pizza (as I ate myself sick of it the last few weeks in the states. Delivery rocks when you don't have a mode of transport!) but it looked so good that I had to add it to my list of things to try at a later date.



What we had actually come for were empenadas. From left to right: Rocquefort with cream sauce, Cut Beef, Ham and Cheese, and Shredded Chicken. Oh. My. Yum. I really had to hold myself back so that Helena wouldn't lose a hand.



See? All hands accounted for!



Well, we had stopped to eat in the Botanical Gardens and it was a beautiful day so we cruised around a bit.







No, I'm not that big of a pervert, it just so happened that EVERY single statue (except for one) happened to be of a naked woman. *shrug*



"Um, hello? I just left Arizona?" Too funny, but I guess cacti would be exotic to them...



And of course the one statue that wasn't a chick in the buff...




After that we left the park and started cruising elsewhere. Porteño Tip #14: There are animals everywhere, especially stray dogs. They just lie out in the street or walk up to your table as you are eating lunch looking for a snack. They are so prevalent that they are nearly invisible to the natives. And for those of you that don't really know me: I despise pigeons and even worsee than then are old ladies who feed them. FEED THEM! Ugh! Unless you are throwing out handfulls of dried rice I don't want to ssee it... ugh.





And similar to NYC and other large cities, people are paid to walk your dog...




Had to get a picture of this gem



Helena wasn't so happy about posing for a couple of pictures for me, especially the Big, Scary Tree...






More interesting things...






Next we went by the planetarium (not inside, that's for a future date.)



This goose was so fat that all of his other goose buddies were making fun of him...



And kids all around the world play "Pato, pato, ganzo" (Duck, duck, goose)



Perhaps my new favorite saying: "Don't forget to be happy."



This statue in front of the Mounted Police headquarters actually had real hair on it!



Ok back to cruising... this time past the embassies...




Giant metal flower that open and closes with the sun. Helena is still trying to convince me that it is NOT a giant death-ray... (but you can't fool me!)






A view of the city and what traffic really looks like here as well as the skyline...




Coming into the National Cemetery...







It was really interesting to see structures from the early 1800's right alongside something that was built 2 years ago...



And the inside of some of these mausoleums were pretty cool too...







So, all in all a very fun day and lost of new things seen. Hope you enjoyed!

Don't forget to be happy.
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