Now I Know Why These People Stay So Thin...
Okay, with all the eating I'm doing here, I really think I'm a going to gain a ton of weight. Seriously, I'm eating a couple of sweet rolls smothered with dulce de leche for breakfast, along with an accompanying glass of jugo de naranja and cafe cortado. For lunch it could be a huge plate of pasta or half of a large pizza. Then for dinner, I'm having the requisite bife con chorizo, an enormous New York strip steak that weighs at least a pound and a half. At least I'm slurping down diet cokes to balance things out.
Well, it's been two days in Buenos Aires, and I must admit, I have really come to like the city. I wasn't too sure at first - it was really cloudy and cold the first day, and as with any big city, it seemed noisy, crowded, and dirty. But scratch beneath the surface, and Buenos Aires has a rhythm and life that is unique, and wonderful. These people love their dogs - and not those little rat like things people in LA carry in their purses. These are full sized dogs - labradors, golden retrievers, great danes. And you see them all over the city. However, it does leave quite the mess on the sidewalks.
So highlights of the last couple of days have been visiting the San Telmo street market, where thousands of Portenos are selling their antique wares every Sunday. Another highlight was also doing the requisite visit to Recoleta Cemetery, famous for being the place where Maria Eva Duarte de Peron (aka Evita) was buried. But that's beside the point, the grave sites are enormous, and impressive! Those people really know how to get buried. Let's just say when the day comes for me (and let that be far into the future, God willing), I want to have a 70 foot tomb with a lifesize replica of me in bronze surrounded by weeping angels.
So today is shopping, and eating (again). And thinking about gaining weight again, I don't think that will really happen. There is a secret to keeping the weight off: Christine and I are walking about 10 miles a day. I think that should be an effective amount of cardio.
- Joe
Well, it's been two days in Buenos Aires, and I must admit, I have really come to like the city. I wasn't too sure at first - it was really cloudy and cold the first day, and as with any big city, it seemed noisy, crowded, and dirty. But scratch beneath the surface, and Buenos Aires has a rhythm and life that is unique, and wonderful. These people love their dogs - and not those little rat like things people in LA carry in their purses. These are full sized dogs - labradors, golden retrievers, great danes. And you see them all over the city. However, it does leave quite the mess on the sidewalks.
So highlights of the last couple of days have been visiting the San Telmo street market, where thousands of Portenos are selling their antique wares every Sunday. Another highlight was also doing the requisite visit to Recoleta Cemetery, famous for being the place where Maria Eva Duarte de Peron (aka Evita) was buried. But that's beside the point, the grave sites are enormous, and impressive! Those people really know how to get buried. Let's just say when the day comes for me (and let that be far into the future, God willing), I want to have a 70 foot tomb with a lifesize replica of me in bronze surrounded by weeping angels.
So today is shopping, and eating (again). And thinking about gaining weight again, I don't think that will really happen. There is a secret to keeping the weight off: Christine and I are walking about 10 miles a day. I think that should be an effective amount of cardio.
- Joe
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