We had a late night last night. We dressed up and went to one of the premier places in Buenos Aires for Tango, "Piazzolla Tango". It was one of those must-do things . . . how can you be in Buenos Aires without learning more about Tango and seeing some of the best perform this very intimate, passionate and complicated dance? We met in the beautiful ornately decorated Galeria Guemes in the downtown area for Tango lessons. We learned from the lessons that Tango i...

Sure is hot here! It was raining lightlty on our walk early this morning but the rain soon cleared away for the sun. Hope you folks at home save a little bit of winter for us. Buenos Aires is quite large but we have become comfortable with the major areas of the city. We have walked much of them and have used taxi and subway to cover any large gaps. The city sits to the north and east of the Rio de la Plate, the widest river in the world. The river is 150 m...

What a wonderful city! It is easy to see why Buenos Aries is often called the Paris of South America. It is fabulous! Its architecture is very similar to that of the great cities of Europe. Many of the streets and parks are lined with tall sycamores. Some of today's finest hotels and museums are former mansions/castles of the great wealthy families who once lived here. Fine shops and galleries are plentiful. There are many wide avenues, crossed by smaller mor...

First I must say, I feel so very much better. When I woke this morning I was thrilled to see my cold almost gone. It was brief one, thankfully, but mighty! Thank you Lord for relief! Well, we did not make it to the convergence of the two rivers for sunset last night, but we did see it this morning in our exercise walk! We were led to believe it was a mere stroll from our hotel to the rivers, but the walk was much longer than we expected. We got a good w...

Eight-hour and 5 mile tour of the Argentine side of the falls today. It is said that Argentina has the falls but Brazil has the view . . . that's not exactly the case. The view here is magnificent. It is a totally different experience on this side of the river but magnificent none the less. The falls have been recently named one of the new Seven Wonders of the World, and nominated as a World Natural Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1986. To see the falls, we drove...