Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Nearly trampled to an untimely death on our way to dinner the last night in Buenos Aires. As luck would have it we were rescued by Dr. Armstrong (Tanis's dad) who quite easily wrestled the beast into submission. We dined on its offspring shortly thereafter. Very tasty family. Actually, it was a very interesting restaurant with no menu, thus making the decision of what to eat much easier. Once seated you help yourself to salad and breads and are given a disc like metal object - one side red, the other green. When you're ready for the meat turn it to green, when you've had enough display the red side. About every three minutes a waiter brings a new meat to the table which he carves and places on your plate. Probably 4 or 5 cuts of beef, together with pork, chicken and sausage. When do they stop coming, you ask? When you turn that little disc to red. Big mistake for them. We hit them and we hit them HARD!

We managed to get tickets to a Bocca Juniors game in Buenos Aires. Having never been to a professional soccer match before we weren't sure what to expect. We were told that this wasn't a very important match so it would be relatively calm. With the exception of the half time break there seemed to be non stop chanting and dancing. The atmosphere was wild. Can't imagine what an important match must be like. Have to admit that songs degrading the other teams and their fans is definitely something hockey should incorporate.


...something else hockey should incorporate! (Wade obviously wrote this)





Some tango dancing on Avenida Florida in Buenos Aires.







After the Boca Juniors soccer game, we went to visit La Boca (a district in Buenos Aires). Although this area is highly touristy, it was interesting to walk around and look a the brightly coloured buildings (they were mixed colours of blues, greens, yellows, reds & oranges) and many murals painted on the sides of buildings. Here is one of the murals we saw.

Unfortunately all good things must come to an end....the morning of the 7th we parted ways with Casey and Tanis. Very sad. The last 4 weeks has been the best ever and we will miss them very much.
Next Stop...Hong Kong!