Yesterday (Monday), we headed to the La Recoleta area of the city which is famous for the large cemetery where Eva Peron is buried. To get there, we had to travel on the subway and walk for a short while. This sounds relatively simple, however due to my questionable navigational skills this turned into quite a trek. Unfortunately, we headed the wrong way out of the apartment block and away from the subway station. What should have been a 5 minute walk turned into an hour and a half. My argument is that we saw more of the city than we would have done. Beth doesn't appreciate this though!!

After finally getting to the cemetery, we were both surprised at the sheer size of the place. Most of Argentina's ex-Presidents, nobility and other famous people are buried there along with their families. Full families are in tombs together and in some cases you can see the coffins through the glass in the tombs which is a bit weird. Beth wanted to visit the tomb which included Eva Peron (Evita) so we visited that which was obviously the main attraction as loads of people were getting their picture taken with the tomb. We then visited the church next door which was impressive and headed back to the apartment whilst trying not to get lost.

We also managed to book our next bus so we head to Mendoza on Friday night which is a relatively short 15 hour journey. Mendoza is the wine making part of the country so it should be another interesting place to visit.

Last night we decided to go out for a meal and headed to a local restaurant, El Desnivel, which was highly recommended. The food was outstanding, Beth had pork steak in a barbecue sauce and I had beef steak in an onion and pepper sauce.

Today has been an unqualified success as we have carried out two tasks with a high chance of being mugged whilst managing not to get mugged. The first task was to change the dollars we have for pesos. There is what is called the 'Blue Market' in Argentina for changing dollars where you get a far higher exchange rate for the dollar than the official exchange rate. To do this, we visited an area next to the famous Florida Street where there have been tales of fake bills and muggings when people have tried to change their dollars.

The second task which was successfully completed was the visit to the La Boca area of the city. As this is the next neighbourhood to San Telmo where we are staying, we decided to bravely walk to La Boca. The walk was about 2 and a half miles each way and it was probably the first time we have really felt a bit edgy in South America. There wasn't anything in particular but the area definitely wasn't the nicest and we could feel that we were the only tourists walking around the area.

La Boca is the home of Boca Juniors and their stadium, La Bombonera. We visited it with the intention of getting a few pictures outside. However, when we got there, we found out that there was a museum to visit and for an extra 10 pesos each, we could get a stadium tour. The museum was fascinating, there was a wall with a list of all of the players to ever play for Boca Juniors so I immediately looked for Newcastle players. I managed to find Solano and Colocinni but wasn't sure about any others. The stadium tour was great. As you will have seen, we got loads of pictures and we could only imagine what the atmosphere must be like on a match day. The most interesting fact was that the away changing room is underneath one of the terraces where 7000 Boca fans stand. Before the match they all bounce up and down and this vibrates into the changing room. That must be a nice feeling before the match!!! We actually went into the away dressing room where Beth managed to almost walk into the men's toilets where nearly everyone had decided to relieve themselves. Luckily, I managed to stop her although I'm sure she went for another sneak peek!!!

Tonight, we are staying in and trying to do a bit of washing for the first time in 2 weeks. I have to say that the chef also makes a good laundrette.