On to Agrentina

We we finished off Uruguay with a bang and a day earlier than planned. We left the farm on Thursday morning and headed into Colonia de Sacramento. It was a nice day and we got to visit several museums and eat some good food. The highlight of the day was when we were sitting on some steps near the water and relaxing when an elemtary school class on a field trip came up to us (I am talking about 15-20 children) and surrounded us shooting off questions and practicing their English. A few of them knew someone living in the US and had to ask if we knew them. As you can imagine, we disappointed them by not knowing a single person.

We planned to leave for Buenos Aires on Friday, but only expensive fast boats and First class seats on slow boats were avilable, so we ended up taking off on Thursday night. We headed west as the sun set, which made for a beautiful way to see Bs As for the first time. We have been filling our bellies with empanadas and rushing about the city all day today.

Buenos Aires is an excellent city that I would easily put in the category as NYC or DC. Huge, but busy on every street. Great architecture, lots of arts, museums, cafes, historical locations and a great vibe. After being in Uruguay for a month, which is one chill, laid back country, we are excited about the change of pace given us by this monstrcity of a city. We have mastered the subway system in under 24 hours and are hoping to see what Bs As night life is all about tonight (Tango and hopefully some salsa is on the docket).

On Sunday we leave on a 17 hour bus for Iguazu Falls and then we will be heading west across the country to see as many places as possible, eventually landing at our next farm.

Hopefully some fotos will be forthcoming.