tourist by day ...

Yesterday: I spent the daytime walking around the central part of Buenos Aires, admiring the strange mix of architecture -- the neo-european (spanish,french, etc), the neo-classical (the main cathedral with the classical exterior and baroque interior, complete with the mausoleum of Liberatador San Martin), the simply strange Casa Rosa (with the weekly demonstration to remind all of the ´missing´ prisoners in front), the great art-deco sky-scraper off the Plaza San Martin, and the ultra modern Puerto Madero - renovated warehouses facing their newer glass equivalents across the canal. Something both elegant and cold. I had a nice light lunch with Maria Jose, a once historical linguist (greek) turned owner of a spanish language school, and got a bit of a sunburn (today I will remember sun screen). Made my way there and back on the Subte (subway) which was amazingly efficient and super-cheap (0.70 pesos/trip). The fun started though when I got back....but I still need to figure out how to tell the story of my evening. So more later...