Day 356, 25 June 2013, Buenos Aires. Murillo Street. We have had such a good time in Buenos Aires that today we had no urge to be anywhere or do anything in particular - so we did our research on google (goo-search?) and found that Murillo Street is door to door with leather shops and factories. Now our local friends said they thought it was definitely a taxi... but non non! We checked the maps, we checked the subway and it got us within a 10 minute walk. $2 instead of say $30 to get there and back. We strolled the leather street quite amazed at some of the stunning jackets and furs in every conceivable shade. The locals must be too busy appearing to be middle class, because I think in a week we've only seen 2 other fur coats in the city and maybe 3 leather jackets. It might also be the sad fact than the Argentinian peso is the beloved of absolutely no one... for instance, if you were to buy a leather jacket for pesos (cash) it would cost $2600. Divided by 5 (if you're lucky by the time you take it out of an ATM on a credit or debit card), that's equivalent to US$500. But, if you can get your sticky mitts on US$ cash the very same jacket would cost US$290. Hmmm. You know it's funny money when even locals don't like it. We were able to find nothing equivalent to the jacket we had already found in one of the city stores. We did find one a bit better - but at twice the price, hardly the point of comparison shopping! We discovered a little deli on Malabia Street on the way back to the metro - felt like we were in the south of Spain - frittata/spanish omelette as well as falafel and hummous. Back to the digs for a snooze and a freshen up and, regrettably, packing. We're planning to go to Uruguay tomorrow for just a couple of nights. Actually taking no more than pyjamas and toiletries - will be a relief to leave the large bags behind that is for sure. Since it was our last night in the land of the Parilla Libre, it was back to Maipu Street for another crack at the all you can eat BBQ. It has gotten to the point where we don't need a map to venture out into our Downtown neighbourhood. Obviously time to move on. PS - today's picture is almost situation normal on the street next door to our hotel. The tents were something new though!