“Whats new, Buenos Aires…”
Friday, March 16th, 2007On Sunday night, we took a 17 hour night bus (our longest yet) down to Buenos Aires from Puerto Iguaçu. I tell you it was hell. The seats, the size of flight club class, reclined almost horizontal, they showed two films in English, we were served a steak and red wine dinner, with coffee and champagne to follow. It was a nightmare – thoroughly enjoyed it!
Arrived in BA early on Monday morning and the city was chaotic. It was strange to arrive in a city of sky scrapers and bill boards and traffic after being in such tranquil places for the last two weeks. Hostel was ok, quite central, but a bit busy for us, we like a quiet life we’ve discovered, and our own toilet! We also had a bit of an ant infestation and I am sorry to report that a pair of my shoes had to be sacrificed to the cause for some reason the ants had decided to make them their command headquarters and there was no winning back the territory.
The great thing was tho that quite by accident we bumped into our friends from Paraty in the lobby at the hostel as they were checking in, so we’ve spent a great few days hanging out with them.
So, we’ve been in BA for four days, not doing much just wandering round the city and working out if we like it enough to stay and work here. We have sent of a load of job applications and have a few interviews next week, but as it has rained here quite torrentially and has been consistently cloudy, the jury is still out on whether we’ll take root here.
Annoyingly since we have arrived I cannot get the Evita sound track out of my head it is infuriating me and Tucky is ready gaffa tape my mouth closed – although I think this might just be the straw that broke camels back on that threat! We have been holding out on visiting her museum but went to visit her tomb yesterday in the enormous city cemetery. Weird place, like a miniature city full of the most elaborate tombs and monuments, I’ve never seen anything like it.
Have seen a bit of the night life here, we went to an amazing Tango show on Tuesday night which was so much fun and the dancers were incredible – even Paul wants to learn so we’ll see how that goes! Went to a club last night which was ok, but I guess could have been any club anywhere in the world. I am concerned that travel in prematurely aging me into wanting a quiet life with a hammock and a good book!
That kind of the vibe we are getting from BA at the moment, it’s an interesting place with lots going on, lots of history, beautiful architecture, good food! But at the same time it is big city, the same as all big cities. Plus we are like mosquito pin cushions here, it’s not even fully any more, you can’t move for the things!! So we’ll wait and see if it grows on us – the city that is, not strange hybrid mosquito wings.
We’re off to Mendoza this weekend for the end of the wine harvest to spend some time wine tasting and exploring the mountains and thermal springs, I can’t wait. Least of all for the overnight bus journey tonight!!
Hope you’re all ok, thanks for your e-mails it’s really lovely to hear from you all. Sending love and sparkles, and I’ll post some photos soon. xx
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