I got up not feeling great as my sore throat is really irritating. I had a coffee and breakfast with Mariana in Roots bar. We then drove around the city and stopped outside an office block on Urquiza street. This building was the birthplace of Ernesto "Che" Guevara. We drove on to Mariana's sisters apartment as her husband wanted to meet me. We had a chat and he told me to be careful in certain areas of Buenos Aires. Mariana drove me to the bus terminal and...

I woke up around 11ish and was invited by Michael to watch the Australia v Italy match but I was moving hostel so I didn't go with him. I packed my stuff and walked to my new HI hostel called "La Casa de Don Jaime". The staff were really friendly and it had a reggae style bar called Roots. I met Mariana and we went to a swanky bar called Metropolitan where we had some good food and I ordered a whisky for my throat (which is sore). We walked through the shop...

I got up at 1pm and was really hungover..that's what happens when you mix your drinks. Although I did like white wine and red bull mixed together. An Australian guy asked me if I wanted to accompany him into the centre and find a pub to watch the Ecuador v England game. All the bars and restaurants were shut because it's Sunday. Finally we found a bar called La Malteria and watched the match which was so boring and unpleasant. I ordered a burger which took 45 min...

I got up around 1 feeling a little rough but the hot shower at my hostel helped a bit. I met Mariana and she drove me to her parent's apartment near the bandera monument. The weather was cold, damp and drizzly reminiscent of your average Glaswegian day. I met Mariana's parents Damian and Martha. I chatted to them with Mariana acting as an interpreter whenever I got stuck on a word or my grammar collapsed. Also her parents speak really fast and it was difficu...

I got up at 9ish and had breakfast with the Italian guy. We chatted in Spanish about football mainly while the maid of the hostel made us coffee and sticky croissants. I met Mariana and she drove me to the river. We walked along the riverside or "went footing" as Mariana told me Argentines call power walking along the riverside. We also saw the monument to the Argentina flag (the only country in the world to have such a monument). We walked down the steps o...