Argentina Post #1 : Buenos Aires (12/28 - 1/10)

It has been a smooth transition this last week after returning from Argentina. The trip was incredible, a lot of fun memories. This post is a photo recap of our time in Buenos Aires (Sunday December 28 - Saturday January 10). The next post will include pictures from our time in Patagonia. (Captions will be below)

One of the first days back we went to see where 'Evita' was buried. It was a very interesting cemetery.

After 'seeing' Evita we went to Jardin Japenese (the Japanese Garden). It was fun, while we were walking my Mom saw this apartment building and decided she would like to live on the top floor.

Bonsai.

These three previos pictures were taken on the train we took to go downtown. It was a very smooth ride and the seats were comfortable.

One day we took a river boat ride and saw an entire community that lives on houses built by the water. They have water buses to get home, and also have food delivery boats.

The next few pictures include people we visited with.

The two pictures above include Mari's cousins family and their daughters. Mari is the Godmother of the two young girls.

The woman pictured above is Sandra. Hanging out with her and her husband was one of the highlights for me. Their hospitality was incredible and I believe we stayed at their house from 3pm until midnight.

Above is Mari's Dad's sister (her aunt) and cousin whose name is actually Mariana.

This was us on New Years Eve. It was a big party that included a huge amount of food, dancing, and me having to dress up like a woman. More on that later ... maybe.

On our last night there, we went to hang out with some of Mari's sisters (Tere) high school friends. We had Asado (Argentine BBQ), laughed, and had a great time.

This is Mario, Jimena, Florencia, and Matias. They were typically up front when we were driving around.

My Mom and Tere while at the airport before my Mom leaves.

The three young ladies.

This is Roco, the superstar dog.

Everyone drinks Matte in Argentina. It is a social drink that tastes great!

This is my baby before she goes to hang out with her high school friends. I made sure she had her wedding ring on ... I watched Iron Man with the kids that night.

One night we went to the mall ... and yes, they do sell Apple products in Argentina ... sweet!

After the apple store we went bowling.

Hmm ... these balls are a lot heavier than the wii controller.

Very concentrated.

Mario crushed us all, this is him with his trophie.

We bought a memory card from this nice man. The card became corrupt and we lost our pictures, but he fixed so we wanted to have a picture with him to remember his service.

All the ladies together (Tere, Mari, Carmen, + Nene).

One last game of Rumikub before we leave.

The traditional airport picture.

The next post will include shots from Patagonia ... this is the place we stayed. Per usual, thank you for reading this much, and I hope you have a great week!