Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Buenos Aires – Day 5

It is great to see our good friend Yoli! She arrived, on time on Monday afternoon on direct flight from Toronto. Not only is it good to see her, but she came bearing gifts (of a kind). I got my replacement laptop, Katie got a replacement IPod for the one she lost the first day of our trip, and Tom got next book in the series “39 Clues”. Chris has been busy getting all caught up with all the happenings in London and their common friends.

We went out for a nice meal at a restaurant called “Cabana Las Lilas.” The food was really good. The wine list was more like a large book than a list with more wines that you could shake a stick at. It was the most expensive restaurant we have eaten at since leaving home. They charged a 21 peso ($7.00 CDN) per person cover charge which allowed for a tray of anti-pasta, a small tray of desserts, and some lemon cello after dinner drinks. The bill, including tip was $660 pesos or about $250.00 CDN. We are in Buenos Aires – one of the world’s largest cities – so we can expect to pay more.

On Tuesday, we did some sightseeing. We went back to the National Museum of Fine Arts, avoiding the pick-pockets this time. We then wandered over to Recoleta Cemetery. I don’t know if the pictures can truly give a true representation of the place. Crypt after crypt, each holding the remains of several family members were built along little streets. We made the obligatory visit to Eva Perron’s crypt. You could look into most crypts, and see the coffins just lying there. The cemetery is still used to bury the rich and famous of Argentina. At the cemetery was a geocache site, so we were able to drop off one of the geocache coins we brought we us, and pick up one that has travelled from Europe. We will drop that one off in Australia.

I also visited the Canadian Embassy yesterday to try to determine if Argentina is a country that LBMX may eventually expand into. I didn’t get any immediate answers, but the Trade Commissioner I talked to will do some research and get back to me. She had not ever heard of a Buying Group before, and doubts that they exist in Argentina.

We are off exploring again today.

Cheers,

Ian

Buenos Aires - Day 5

2 comments:

Carolyn said...

Glad to hear you got the gifts....Enjoy your time with Yoli!

Anonymous said...

It's great to have Yoli here!

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This website will be used to track the Gray Family Travel in 2009. Ian, Chris and their two children, Thomas and Katelyn are going to spend a year travelling together. This trip has been a goal of the family for years, and as Ian turned 50 in January 2009, they are making it happen.

Thomas and Kate will be required to keep up with their education as they travel. Both have laptops and will stay in contact with friends back in London. Given the length of the trip, the number to countries to be visited has been restricted to allow for a more in-depth experince in the countries visited.

In most locations, a vacation home has been rented. This form of accomadation is not only reasonably priced, but will allow for home cooking as opposed to continually dining in restuarants.