Another busy day in Buenos Aires! We had an early start and made our way to the Plaza Congreso which is a 2 minute walk from our hostel, where the very grand Congreso de la Nacion lives. We then went down town, and after a few wrong turns, found a subte (subway) station to take us to Palermo. It's a very pretty, classy neighbourhood with lots of nice cafes and restaurants. Naturally we couldn't afford any of these, so we sat in the botanical garden and made our o...

Hello everybody, just a quickish one to let you know how we're doing so far (because we're going for a bbq at the hostel and then to bed cos we're so tired!) We had a very smooth sailing flight yesterday once we got to the airport. We had a bit of a disaster on the way because the zip on Gemmas bag broke and she had to make a mad dash back to Nomad to change it! Anyway 15 hours on a plane later and here we are in Buenos Aires. We've had such a busy day because ...