Yesterday I went on a quest to further discover the city. I took the bus to La Boca which is not the best part of town ( you certainly don´t want to go there at night as apparently the slums start right next to it) but there are 2 beautiful little streets ( very touristy) with very colourful houses. You can sit outside at the cafes and watch tango performances or shop around at the many little stands. This certainly was one of my favourite places as it was not like most of Buenos Aires which is dominated by large skyscrapers. After I thought I´d check out the shopping opportunities and couldn´t believe the soooo cheap prices and gorgeous things but I leave that to my last few days here and hope that my wonderful boyfriend will be so woooonderful and take some stuff back for me to Europe ( Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease) !!!! ;) pleeeeeease... There were also some street Tango performances and many little street acts on the main shopping street.. really liked it
You see quite a few people trying to sell you stuff on the public transport like hairbands.. my favourite was however a pair of sicors.. you do notice the poverty ( I think we were asked for money about 10 times a day)When we went for lunch the other day even the waitress was a bit astonished though as this little girl first very bored asked for money and then if she could drink the rest of our Coke.. We said sure and up she took the glass and downed it.
Buenos Aires is a city that never sleeps or maybe it is more like I never sleep in Buenos Aires... First 2 nights I was still pretty jet lagged anyways but then the music in the hostel is so loud that today once again I didn´t make it until 4am.. So when the receptionist asked me why on earth I plan to spend 5 days in Uruguay ( according to her it is sooo quite and nothing going on) I was simply thinking: thats exactly what I want. And that´s also what so far I have found! This morning I took the ferry across to Colonia (whooo hoo one more stamp in the passport lol) I really like Colonia as it is this tiny colonial town (Unesco heritage) and it is soooo quiet.. you can even hear the trees move... I charmed the guy at the reception so fingers crossed I will be on my own in the dorm for 8.. in exchange I am dealing with a only half finished bathroom.. ´Sounds good to me in exchange for some tranquility... Unfortunately it was raining a bit but luckily I managed to escape most of it while having lunch.. I simply wondered through the streets and went pici taking.
Tomorrow morning I am heading to Montevideo.
