Monday, June 2, 2008

Week 2

Hello aLL- ok, voy a describir -- im going to describe the photos for you. Sorry its taken me so long to do all this, ive been busy walking around the city, playing by night & sleeping by day (typical Argentinian activities).So, last weekend we took the train to El Tigre, which is the delta that connects the rivers around the city to the Atlantic Ocean. We hopped on a watertaxi and floated down the river to a restaurant tucked in the countryside. The water is very muddy as you can see.
This is my friend, Jenn: 

The restaurant was very secluded. This is a little lake where they caught some of our lunch :)
The restaurant owners lived in this house which was attached to the restaurant. It was so beautiful! The meat was cooked in an outdoor grill.
The meal: Steak, Chicken, Chorizo, Blood Sausage, Papas Fritas (French Fries) and for dessert, crepes with Dulce de Leche. so yum 

This was the train station. it was really cute with a cafe next to the tracks. If you haven't gotten the drift, they drink coffee constantly here

Then last week, i attended ArteBA, a modern art festival. It was huge, but there were many interesting pieces. These were a few of my favorites:




 

These are taken at AMIA, which is a Jewish cultural center. The center at its original location was bombed in 1992, so they relocated and this commemorative sculpture is at the entrance of the new location. The installation is 9 panels that portray a different image from each angle in which you view it.
   

I like this picture, i wanted to show you the orange bus :)
This is a really nice building next to a plaza commemorating Holocaust survivors

One of the highlights of the trip has been the futbol game we attended. The local team here is Boca Junior. IT waas really wild, alot of fun. Here's dan and i on the way to the game.