We arrived in BA on Saturday afternoon to a bright sunny sky and 36 degree weather (what Christos calls "ballsweaty heat"). Our cab dropped us at the Palermo hotel located near Serrano Plaza in Palermo / Palermo Soho. The hotel is a nice boutique hotel with a lush garden and very friendly staff. After settling in a bit we went for a walk in the neighbourhood, discovered the craft fair (Christos bought a cool pendant for Lisa) had a couple beers and finally got back to the hotel around 8ish. We rested for a bit then headed out for dinner on Argentine time, ie around 10pm! We had OK steaks (we are seeking better) and a yummy 20 dollar Malbec. After dinner we wandered from bar to bar until after 1am. While we had a good time, we were both reminded that we are no longer young ones! The bars were packed with 20 something locals and foreigners. Upon returning to our hotel we realized that our room faced the street and all its incumbent boisterous madness. Sleep was not quickly forthcoming. Lisa had a work call scheduled for 9am so she was a little worried about the lack of sleep but at 8:30am Sunday she received an email indicating the call was not going to happen till later in the week. A bit frustrating as we would like to get our remaining work commitments out of the way! Sunday morning's weather was a veritable deluge of rain with concomitant thunder and lightning! We thought the day was going to be a write off but the clouds broke around 2pm so we headed off to San Telmo where there is a large antique market every Sunday. San Telmo was great! We wandered about for three hours looking at the various goods available and bought a few minor nick naks. Then we wandered around a bit more and found Plaza Mayo which was very interesting as it had a lot of political banners etc in it. We visited the cathedral which houses the tomb of Jose De San Martin complete with two uniformed honour guards in attendance! We finally made it back to our hotel around 7:30pm and convinced the concierge to move our room to a more quiet one. A the present time we are relaxing in the garden sipping a tasty Malbec and discussing dinner plans.
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