Hola a todos!! Today is day two of the trip to Buenos Aires. The first day Zaria and I were very tired from our twelve hour flights, but we still did quite a bit of exploring. BA is a huge city, the ninth largest in the world. There are people from all over the world here, touring and living. The Argentinians are very Italian /European looking, most of Argentina's indigenous population was wiped out long ago, much like ours in the US. Many of the men have mullets!!! ha ha! And there are not many overweight people here, even though they eat a ton of meat, pasta, and cheese. I can only theorize that the food is very fresh here, and not filled with preservatives. Vegetables are much harder to find on the menu. The picture de la calle is of Plaza Serrano, a busy and trendy part of the city with many young people and cool boutiques. (I already bought three new clothing items, help!!) Note the colorful buildings. The architecture here is sooo much cooler than the US. The photo of the older lady is from the same area, she is standing outside a "kiosco," a sort of convenience store found on almost every block here. The mural next to her is a common sight, the painter in me loves this detail! The photo to the left is Zaria on a sidewalk under an awning of plantlife. There are so many trees here for a large city, its amazing. Though there are sad sights (and some scary ones!) as well, BA has a calmness about it that I find unusual for a large city.

So far the food here is very good!! Nothing too weird yet, although I received some squid thing in the center of my pasta last night that I promptly removed. In this photo you can see the yogurt, which is all liquid in Argentina, being poured into a bowl of granola, yum!! Another thing to get used too, the outlets, which can be tricky. We already tripped the breaker in our tiny apartment here, and had to ask the security guard downstairs to turn it back on!

There is so much more to say, but it will have to wait! for now I leave you with the view outside the apartment, day and night. Chau amigos!!