Rest of Buenos Aires and Iguazu Falls

Hola,

The rest of our stay in Buenos Aires was good and have definately had the best food ever which at the moment our days are revolved around!! We thought we would sample the local buses and when we stood at the bus stop the destinations we wanted was on the front of the bus so we happily got on! after about 15 mins we realised we hadnt reached our destination (which we should have done) and we soon found out we had got the bus in the opposite direction!!(you are probably thinking thats a stupid mistake to make) However it appears that when you can speak very little Spanish it is an easy mistake to make standing on the wrong side of the road! So after about an hour on the bus doing a round trip (we cant say we havent seen all of Buenos Aires) we reached La Boca! This is a part of town with lots of colourful buildings and holds the famous Boca Juniors stadium! Home of Maradona!!

We are learning a few more words in Spanish the most used is Habĺa Inglesas? (Do you speak english?) But when nic went to ask for something (having told him bout 20 times how to say it) he said to the guy Pablo Inglesas!!! I think the guy just humoured him at his response saying "a little"!!

Having grasped the local buses we went onto another area called San Telmo where we officially had the best steak ever!! it was in a quite a dingy place but was absolutely filled with people and was quite noisy! we shared a fillet and by the size of it was very glad we did along with some chips and salad!!(very british) we did refrain from asking for tomato ketchup!!Along with a litre of beer the bill came to 10 pounds!!

Everyday we have our usual siesta and that night we headed out for a couple of drinks in the nice part of town Palermo! found some really quirky bars one of which had a whole room dedicated to board games, therefore we took advantage and played a game of battleships!! Our next bar was a little bit more upbeat playing some stevie wonder! we shared our first bottle of argentinian wine which cost us 3 pounds! being a litle bit tipsy we headed back and got on the bus home arriving at our hostel about 2 o clock the same time the argentinians are going into the clubs!

The next day we finally go to go to the zoo! It was brilliant for 3 pounds! saw all the big cats, elephants and even a polar bear! ( not sure how happy he was in the 25 degree heat!) after we headed for our usual lunch had menu del dia for 5 pounds - steak with the most amazing mash potato a drink and desssert!! That evening we headed to the oldest cafe in town (Cafe Tortoni) for some tango!! In a small intimate room of only 50 people we listened to a live band, a dodgy man singing and two brilliant dancers who would give Vincent and Flavia a run for their money!we paid 12 pounds for the 1 hour and half show!!Not bad for our live version of Strictly Come Dancing! This was our last night in Buenos Aires!

The next day we had the morning to kill before catching our bus to Iguazu falls! We werent really sure what to expect from the bus but we were pleasantly surprised! Wide comfy seats a pillow and a blanket! and to top if all off the films came on and were in English with Spanish subtitles brilliant!!We watched Slum dog millionnaire, the boy in the striped Pyjamers!! the time flew by and we both probably got 6-7 hours sleep which wasnt bad! We arrived and headed straight to the falls which were amazing never seen anything like them!(will try and put some photos up) Again the next day we went which consisted of about 10 km walking!! Not good when I have continuous shooting pains going through my foot!!We saw lots of animals incluing monkeys and colourful birds! Luckily on the second day we were just leaving when it started to absolutly piss down! We got stuck in a tropical thunderstorm!!We think it rains in england! Nothing like this!! Our final day in Iguazu we headed to the Brazilian side (another stamp on our passport)! It was a really good panoramic view of the falls! We then got back on our trusty bus yesterday and headed back to Buenos Aires where we arrived this morning! Just killing time today before catching our 8:10am flight in the morning to patagonia! Where the glaciers will be our next stop!!we have our warm jackets ready for the cold!!

Hope all is well

Love Nic & Jen
xxxxx