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Chicos,
3 weeks in Buenos Aires, two weeks of Spanish class and one fantastic capital city later.....
the good:
- meat, beautiful, cheap, abundant and fattening
- ice-cream. (see above for description)
- great bus system. buses are regular, quick and cheap. 20 pence for up to an hour´s journey. shame on London. oh, and they also have a great music system for them too - lots of Queen - fantastic, who doesn´t love Queen?
- markets. for everything, food, clothes, jewellery, spare car parts, whatever you need
- made us feel super young and cool going out so late. (forget the fact we aren´t working and could afford 3 hour daily siestas)
- Steve didn´t sweat much (see Colombia blog for point of reference)
the bad:
- the pavements. for two reasons - firstly, they are so poorly maintained that holes two feet deep aren´t unusual. if they´re not covered in holes they are covered in anything that can be found to plug the holes, bags, rocks, clothes, whatever. second thing is the dog s***. if you´re lucky enough to avoid the holes and rocks you´re more than likely to step in crap. everybody has a dog and with that many in a city, i guess it can´t be avoided but it does make sightseeing a bit tricky when you´ve got your head down and not up.
- lack of post boxes. you have to queue at the post office just to send a postcard. (Grace, you´re actually the only recipient of any post so far but the principle remains).
- markets (a last minute addition from Steve as he couldn´t agree that they belong in the ´good´column.)
the ugly:
- we´re probably getting fat but just don´t know it. no scales in the hostels, i guess they´re not good for business.
- our spanish. not a whole lot better unfortunately. Steve recently announced that he had just eaten a sofa.
- can´t remember how to speak english, simple words allude us.
until colombia chicos.
xxx
- comments
Phil Err I wouldn't put it past Evo to have eaten a sofa.....
lizzy ha ha, you're funny, you kids are. Don't worry about getting fat - I'm sure you're walking it all off. I look forward to receiving my post card ;) xxx