Week 1 in Buenos Aires

My first week in Buenos Aires was a blast. I can´t believe how cheap I could get a half kilo of bree and 300 grams of pershutio ham for $10 it lasted me for so many meals that I actually had a Homer Simpson moment when he found a hoogie sandwich behind the radiator and decided to keep eating it. Luckily I only ate a little before throwing it out.

I took a week long Spanish class and lived with a family which thankfully spoke English as I was struggling. Palmero is the area I stayed a short train ride to tthe center. I settled in to to comfortable routine of 4hours of Spanish class in the morning then eating out after followed by touring the sites in the afternoon. I would get home for 9pm for dinner prepared by Gabriela and then settle in to home work and emails.


The most notable site are the Ricoletta cemetery which the average tome looks like a small cathedral. The statues are amazing and make any person with a camera feel like a professional photographer. There was one grave and coffin that was broken and you could see the bones of the corpse. Ewwwww. joked with a school mate that the cats that are as plentiful and the tomes had consumed the flesh of the corpse. I haven´t seen the movie or play Elita but I did visit here grave site and she is still very much a celebrity in Argentina.



The museum of Modern Art (MALBA) was another interesting place to visit if one is into art. I saw a Beltoro painting which reminded me of the feature exhibition in Quebec City I saw last year Beltoro creates these surreal images by shrinking the facial features and hands and feet of his subjects, one of the main attractions was a 6 foot tall bronze sculpture by 10 feet long.

One of my favorite moments was sitting a park outside of the botanic gardens while doing my homework I watched 6 tables of men engaged in a some card game that seemed as much of a ritual as eating dinner. The dogs in the park frolicked with other dogs while waiting for their owners to pick them up after work. What a great idea the dogs had their very own social life outside of home. The people here definitely have a nice life style.