25 September -- Buenos Aires
This was our first full day in Buenos Aires -- we've slept off our jetlag, sorted out the intricacies of daily life (where to buy bottled water, how to make phone calls), and enjoyed a late breakfast of cafe negro (black coffee), cafe con leche (coffee with milk), and medialunas (croissants).
You will notice this as a theme -- people in Argentina aren't too hip to breakfast. When they do eat it, it's invariably a cup of coffee and a couple of medialunas. Language lovers note: medialunas = "half moons." Cute, huh?
After breakfast, we were ready to tackle what was, for me, the most anticipated item on our must-see list: the Recoleta Cemetary. Now, I happen to dig cool cemetaries anyway, but it doesn't hurt that this one's on just about every list of things that you should do before you die. Nathan's been hankering to see it since he read about it a couple of years ago.
The Recoleta Cemetary is the final resting place for Buenos Aires' richest and most influential citizens. It occupies the space of several city blocks of prime real estate, as if the people there would hardly stoop to spend eternity anywhere less chic. We wandered around for hours, marveling at the different eras of opulence represented, from the 1850s, through Victorian times and Art Deco. Go on to the next post for pictures.
Here's a view of the cemetary from the second floor of the McDonald's across the street.
You will notice this as a theme -- people in Argentina aren't too hip to breakfast. When they do eat it, it's invariably a cup of coffee and a couple of medialunas. Language lovers note: medialunas = "half moons." Cute, huh?
After breakfast, we were ready to tackle what was, for me, the most anticipated item on our must-see list: the Recoleta Cemetary. Now, I happen to dig cool cemetaries anyway, but it doesn't hurt that this one's on just about every list of things that you should do before you die. Nathan's been hankering to see it since he read about it a couple of years ago.
The Recoleta Cemetary is the final resting place for Buenos Aires' richest and most influential citizens. It occupies the space of several city blocks of prime real estate, as if the people there would hardly stoop to spend eternity anywhere less chic. We wandered around for hours, marveling at the different eras of opulence represented, from the 1850s, through Victorian times and Art Deco. Go on to the next post for pictures.
Here's a view of the cemetary from the second floor of the McDonald's across the street.
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