Day76

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA

Sorry to have been so remise about writing! But, we have been so enthraled with enjoying our time in this incredible city that we have not had a moment to stop! So...I'll start at the beginning.....our first full day here we checked into the Four Seasons (Thanks Mom!). We quickly got our barrings in the "high rent district" of Recoleta where the hotel is located......and Bryce quickly reverted back to his roots by happily taking a call (on the private cell phone the hotel provided him!) from Braden and Madison.

Upon returning from our reconnisence mission to explore the neighborhood....we found Rich's friend, Chris, from high school hanging out in the lobby! He had been keeping up on the blog and email.....and decided Buenos Aires was as good a place as any to hang out with us. Those of you who know Chris...are not surprized. Anyway....our foursome quickly gathered friends and by the first night we were in a Argentine steak house having dinner with our new "crew". Rich and I, Chris, a vacationing couple from Italy named Paulo and Antionella, and Leo...the local professional soccor player.

The next day we all just relaxed for my birthday. The group hung out at the pool and I treated myself to a day at the spa and indulging in the wonderful Argentine tradition of siesta.

Hey! Its necessary! My birthday in Buenos with this crew....I knew it was going to be a late night!

My birthday evening started with a cake surprise from the hotel, which was very nice as it gave me the opportunity to have a little singing and celebration with Bryce.

We then headed out to a Japonese place the hotel recommended....very strange..but I have too much to tell to get into it....so we will skip it!

Following our very weird....three hour dinner, Chris insisted the Boston girl should spend some of her B-Day at a good old fashioned Irish Pub. So off we went to a place called Kilneys where the boys enjoyed Guiness and I drank two Cosmos that were even more strange than my dinner.

But the bar was fun and lively and all had a good time.

Around two am I ready ready to party and our group moved onto the Puerto Madero Barrio to a hot spot club called Asia De Cuba.

Packed in like Sardines, but enjoying the loud music and intense crowd of young and wild Argentinians we danced the night away into the wee hours of the morning when I finally convinced Rich the babysitter probably wanted to go home before noontime!

After sleeping away half of the next day we decided to take it easy and just stroll around the districts. We got lucky in that it was Sunday and the streets of Buenos Aires were alive with activity! Craft markets, street fairs, antique bizars, bands, jugglers, and more filled the cobblestone streets of the San Telmo Barrio and we spent hours just enjoying the vibe of the city.

Families dining in the streets.

Tango in the Square

The mime who stole Bryce off Rich's shoulders!

Just a lazy afternoon in Beunos Aires.......Thouroughly exhuasted from living the lifestyle of bed at 4am/wake up at 11.....we decided the Italians last night in BA would be a quiet one. Leo invited me to cook dinner for the group at his home and it sounded like an excellent plan. The only catch was that Leo took me to the grocery store and between an American (with terrible Spanish) and a single 20-something Argentinian soccor player (who had never grocery shopped before) it was a bit of an amusing ordeal to get all the ingredients. However the night turned out perfect. I managed to wiggle my way through Leo's kitchen as he set up an outdoor table in his backyard (turned private soccor field in dowtown BA). The night was warm and friendly and overall a perfect way to enjoy this incredible city.