Never go back - Back in Buenos (2)

Once I'd established that I didn't have to wear a bikini I hopped in a taxi to San Telmo to meet Elliot at the pool party. It was a very funny night - we drank too much vodka, didn't eat and I got asked out for a drink by a young Argentinian guy, a young Argentinian guy who was almost young enough to be my son - like I said a very funny night. Unfortunately because of the amount of vodka we drank (too much) and the amount of food we ate (too little) we both woke up on Monday with a hangover...... Quelle surprise!

One of the 'too many'

The rest of the week was pretty much spent eating, drinking and taking in some culture.

We had some great meals and some even better wines, it was kind of Elliot to consider me something of an expert when it came to choosing the wine, something to do with the 30+ wines I'd tasted in Mendoza I guess.

On Tuesday we met at MALBA the Latin American art museum which it turns out is closed on Tuesdays and so we walked to the national museum of decorative art, we got there at 1pm and it opened at 2pm.... As we weren't far from Recoletta we visited the cemetery which was open, there were two funerals underway which made touring a cemetery feel very strange. We discussed the relative merits of being buried in a tomb or being cremated, Elliot opted for a tomb but I've got a funny thing about my eyes and so it's cremation everytime for me....

Having checked that MALBA was open on Wednesday we met there at lunch time, there was a real mixture of art work there none of which I particularly liked. There was also a Tracy Emin exhibition which was made up of five movie shorts - what a strange lady she is.

Me through the eyes of an art installation 

We'd agreed to have a lazy day on Thursday and met in the early evening for sundowners in San Telmo before going for dinner at ILatina, another delicious wine paired meal. After dinner we said our goodbyes as I was flying to Sao Paolo on Friday morning to meet up with Abs for the final few weeks of our trip.

Torrontes sun downers in San Telmo

Elliot and I agreed that a weeks holiday in Buenos was a great way to get to know each other, we'd met at Sainsbury's a year or so ago when we were both part of the corporate leadership development programme which resulted in him being promoted to Director and me to Senior Manager - that all seems like such a long time ago..... 
We had such fun and a few 'you had to be there moments',;one of which has resulted in me having spontaneous fits of giggles almost daily when I think about it, most embarrassingly when I was sat on my own in the departure lounge at Buenos Airport and I ended up crying with laughter and couldn't stop - and I think Tracy Emin's strange!

I do maintain my position on revisiting places however I suspect that I may well find myself in Buenos Aires again, some time soon I hope.

Raine x