Our first Monday in Argentina began with beautiful weather, a sky filled with blue and a perfect temperature in the mid 20s (Celsius of course!). After a quick breakfast and some work issues we managed to get out of our hotel around noon for a serious ground pound. We walked down to the botanical gardens which are very cool with lots of plants and a community of semi-wild cats (BA seems to be primarily a dog city) then to the famous statue "floralis generica" and finally to the La Recoleta Cemetery. The cemetery was fascinating as it really is a necropolis packed with mausoleums cheek to cheek and includes the mausoleum of the Duarte family wherein lies the remains of Evita.
We were done our touring by about 5:30pm and then walked back to our hotel which took about another hour. All told we likely walked some four hours! It's now 8ish and we are finishing off a Malbec while relaxing in the garden of our hotel deliberating on dinner. On a side note, last night's dinner was at another Parilla (BBQ place) where we had super yummy chorizo sausages and arugula salad. The chorizo was so yummy that when our waiter asked what we wanted for dessert we decided to split a final sausage!
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