Different Days In BA

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Due to the sudden death of former Argentinian President Kirchner travel in BA is I am sure different from say last Thursday. Traffic is very bad due to the many that want to travel to pay their respects. Tv's it seems in every cafe/bar and coverage is nonstop. The good news is that the metro was free, not sure of this is related or not. Today I head to El Calafate where he is from and where he died. We will see what awaits there.

Yesterday was a full day of walking seeing the tourist areas, wealthy, crowed, and less common. People are very friendly and accepting my lack of Spanish. Cafes everywhere, several ice cream shops, chocolatiers in the wealthy areas and Florida Ave is a pedestrian street lined with shops that is so noisy and crowed. Pedestrians are seem to be nonexistent to drivers.

The day was capped off with a typical parrila (grilled) dinner. Starting with fried, pan fried not battered, provolone cheese, huge sirloin steak and salad. This I ended up join three Americans as they were at the adjacent table. From there it was on to a couple of bars in the Rocelta area.

One last comment, they love dogs here. Several dog walkers as well as individual owners and independent dogs that seem to do well on their own in BA.

Now on to El Calafate.