Week 27 Buenos Aires - Our last stop in South America!

Week 27

Ahhhh, beautiful Buenos Aires! 

I first visited BA over 10 years ago. After this visit, I had voted it my favourite city in the world. I was looking forward to seeing it again and to see if I still loved it as much as before.

We spent just under a week here and for the first time in 6 months we had our very own apartment which we found using Air BNB and at 40 dollars per night it was worth every penny!

It was so nice to actually live in the city rather than be a quick-visiting-tourist, especially after travelling constantly from place to place over the past 6 months. It was nice to have somewhere to call 'home'. With this in mind we really relaxed here and enjoyed a slower pace of life. We got up late every morning and then chose one place to visit during the day. Evenings were either spent enjoying the nightlife or cooking meals in the apartment.

So here is a summary of what we got up to ... 

You cannot go to BA without sampling some of the fantastic nightlife. However you have to be prepared to put on your dancing shoes no earlier than 1am! Porteños like to start their evening late! So with this in mind we drank wine in the apartment and headed out about 12am. 

Dancing the night away

Very 'happy' after our night out!

One of my most favourite places to visit in BA is the Recoletta Cemetery. I could walk around here for hours. Some of the tombs are like works of art. 

Evita is buried here and anyone who can find her tomb in under an hour is lucky! Unfortunately we had partied hard the evening before and were suffering with hangovers, consequently we did not have the patience to find it (feeling sick and in need of protein) and left after 1 hour - I had seen it previously so was not too disappointed.

A great way to see some of the main attractions in BA is to take part in a free walking tour (you can tip them after if you want to) and that is what we did.

Don't cry for me Argentinaaaaaaaaaaa

There are many different barrios in BA some are worth visiting and some are not. We concentrated  on some of the more well known ones; San Telmo (famed for Antiques) Palermo (great bars, restaurants, parks and shopping), Recoletta (where we stayed and has a great weekend market) and Boca (alternative side to BA).

Argentines love to chat for hours on end while drinking a cortado (small coffee with milk) or two. One of the oldest and most famous place in BA to do this is Cafe Tortoni. 

BA = Tango. For our last evening in Argentina and in BA we went to see a Tango show. Very touristic but it was fun.

And finally, we could not say goodbye to Argentina before feasting on one last piece of barbecued meat.