We arrived a little worse for wear after the bumpy train ride, but still managed to navigate the metro system (called "subte" - from subterranea) with all our luggage and Hero too to get to Emily's place in the suburb of Palermo. Dan went to high school with Emily at Atlantic College way back in 1991-92, and she very kindly offered a place for us to stay. She is Argentinan of English heritage. We had a wonderful days starting to explore the great city and Emily looked after us very well indeed. Hero came to a good understanding with Emily's precious black labrador - her favourite phrase is "No Megan, No!". Delia of course, managed to track down a few theatre shows. Turned out that an international theatre festival was starting at the end of the week (right when we were to leave to head up north), however, there appears to always be things on. It is such a vibrant bustling place and we love the feel of it... We even managed to catch up with the local Baha'i community and joined in the 19 Day Feast on the 26th September. This was held at the national Baha'i centre and covered the whole of the federal capital (population of about 3 million - greater BA has about 10 million more people). Was fun to go out for an icecream afterwards with a few of the younger crowd and then catch up later in the week to discuss the junior youth program with a bunch of them.
Arriving at Constitucion station : built to a similar design and scale to Victoria station in London.
The 'Obelisk' on the main boulevard through downtown.
The view from the guest room at Emily's place. Palermo is an older and quite classy suburb with loads of great restaurants and night spots, shops, theatres, and art galleries.
On the roof area of Emily's place.
Sharing a moment with Megan.
Bs As has book vendors on every street corner just about.
A very amusing busker in one of the pedestrian-only streets in the city centre.
We stumbled upon a free concert by a well known tango guitarist and his quartet in one of the main theatre complexes.
The parks south of Palermo (not far from the banks of the Rio Plata), are just swarming with people each weekend.
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