Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Hello Friends & Family:
I know you have been waiting eagerly for my next fa-logging.
Yesterday Bill and I left very early from Montevideo for the 2 hour drive heading west to the small town of Colonia, where we caught the BUQUEBUS for the 1 hour ride to Buenos Aires. The BUQUEBUS is actually a ferry and when you enter it, the atmosphere is all lights like in Las Vegas (the lights are to direct you to DUTY FREE...they caught MY attention). The seats on the ferry were like those in the First Class section of an airplane (oh those were the days...) There was a cafeteria on board with coffee that was really quite good. Since we had gotten up & out at 6:30am, I snoozed and Bill continued reading his new Warren Buffett 956 page "authorized" biography "THE SNOWBALL" (which he LOVES).
The city of Buenos Aires is sooo beautiful and cosmopolitan. WOW! A big city like NYC with busses, taxis everywhere, cars, bikes, and even subways. The city is full of energy, and the people are dressed so nicely. In the metropolitan area there are some 3 million people, and 10 million if you include the Outer BA. We walked all around and ended up (to Bill's delight) at Our Lady of Pilar Basilica, a small church built in 1732 with some Cloisters underground. It was in the neighborhood of Recoletta "the most aristocratic neighborhood of BA". Upstairs they have a museum with all kinds of religious artifacts, and Bill was happily strolling about as Gregorian Chants were playing on the music speakers.
Next door was the Recoletta Cemetery (see photo) where Eva Peron is buried. The cemetery was pretty amazing - and a million kitties everywhere! After hitting a few upscale malls to peruse something special for the Simon YOUNG ladies, we headed back to the hotel. We had every intenion of attending a TANGO but seeing as it started at 10pm, and knowing my husband as I do, lights were out at 9pm. NEXT visit... TANGO for sure!
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