We had a good nights sleep and woke up at 9.30….just in time for breakfast. Conor and I were too lazy to get up so Mike and Tom plodded along down the corridor to get stuck in….not like them to skip food is it!! Since we were meeting the rest of the group at 7 for dinner, we had to entertain ourselves for the day. We have gotten so use to Carlos (our tour guide, if you don’t know by now) having activities planned for us that now we had to make do with each other decision. After booking our bus tickets to Mendoza (1st class I might add), a brief visit to the Exclusive Gallery Pacifico shopping centre was our first stop. This place was way out of our price range, hell we are backpackers till the end!!! We walked down to Plaza San Martin, the biggest square in Buenos Aires. After Mike and I gobbled down a McDonalds, we all decided to grab the widely renowned “Freddo ice cream” which is truly scrumptious….Tom’s words not mine. We all collapsed on the green of the park and licked those ice creams dry! The clear blue skies are something we are now getting use to. The Arm’s museum caught our attention. It cost five pesos to enter but afterwards we were sick of looking at these guns. Some of the workers in there looked like they were ancient! Walking along Calleflorida street was quite interesting with the various street performers. They ranged from a talented blind man playing the guitar in unusual fashion (whose CD Conor bought) to a man painting with his foot a la Christy Brown. Mike would have fitted in well with his ball skills!!
That night we all met in Hotel Splendid to get ready for the two Scottish girls (Jen and Julie’s) last night out. Tom and Silke had there usual debate as both have different travel guide books. We decided to hit Palermo (about 20 minutes from Buenos Aires city centre) as we spotted some nice restaurants there a previous night. A restaurant called “Lo Jesus” was our fine choice for dining. It was a nicely laid out place and to Tom’s amazement they had Guinness on the menu. He got his Guinness in a bottle and wasn’t too impressed by the waiter’s pouring skills but after one sip he was singing like Johnny Cash!! The food was excellent again and all of us Irish boys admit to being pleasantly surprised at the standard of food and we are not really missing Irish food…..well maybe our mothers cooking!! After more group photos we hit a pool bar and tried to impress all the ladies with our ball skills (I admit I have been practicing and chalking it up!!). Some of the girls were very good, most notably Janina, Julie & Silke. Michelle got better once she got some words of wisdom from me!!! We’ll make a pool player out of her yet. As it was a quite night in general around Buenos Aires, we walked the streets to find a nightclub that could handle this groups dance skills but unfortunately we couldn’t find one and had a nice walk home through the streets of Buenos Aires which always seem to be busy well into the early hours of the morning.
Adios
Gary
That night we all met in Hotel Splendid to get ready for the two Scottish girls (Jen and Julie’s) last night out. Tom and Silke had there usual debate as both have different travel guide books. We decided to hit Palermo (about 20 minutes from Buenos Aires city centre) as we spotted some nice restaurants there a previous night. A restaurant called “Lo Jesus” was our fine choice for dining. It was a nicely laid out place and to Tom’s amazement they had Guinness on the menu. He got his Guinness in a bottle and wasn’t too impressed by the waiter’s pouring skills but after one sip he was singing like Johnny Cash!! The food was excellent again and all of us Irish boys admit to being pleasantly surprised at the standard of food and we are not really missing Irish food…..well maybe our mothers cooking!! After more group photos we hit a pool bar and tried to impress all the ladies with our ball skills (I admit I have been practicing and chalking it up!!). Some of the girls were very good, most notably Janina, Julie & Silke. Michelle got better once she got some words of wisdom from me!!! We’ll make a pool player out of her yet. As it was a quite night in general around Buenos Aires, we walked the streets to find a nightclub that could handle this groups dance skills but unfortunately we couldn’t find one and had a nice walk home through the streets of Buenos Aires which always seem to be busy well into the early hours of the morning.
Adios
Gary
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