Shop 'Til You Drop
So, it's about 11:30 pm local time and we've just returned from dinner. When I get home, my whole eating schedule is going to be thrown off!
Today, we spent the morning -- shopping, the afternoon -- shopping and the evening -- shopping . . . so you can say that today was our shopping day. Argentina, as you may know, is known for its wonderful beef but what else comes from cows? Yes, amazingly soft and supple leather . . . and that's what I bought. Four leather bags and two pairs of boots all under $400 . . . YAY! It also helps that August is Buenos Aires's biggest sale month . . . so I got 50% off my leather, brown, knee-high boots which were 398 pesos originally and were marked down to 199 pesos -- about $67. Oh how I love boots.
In addition to the leather and the beef, we've taken it upon ourselves to sample a couple of other cuisines while here. The other night we stood in line to eat . . . at a Mexican restaurant. Yes, there was a line to get in, apparently it's one of the newest things here. Everybody kept ordering quesadillas! Tonight, we had sushi. It was amusing to see people NOT know how to go about eating sushi, though there is a sushi restaurant on almost every block. They had no idea on how to "eat" the miso soup or what to do with the wasabi. I was entertained in addition to being well fed.
Tomorrow we're headed to the Evita Museum . . . we've seen her grave site, now we'll learn about her life.
Ciao -- Christine
Today, we spent the morning -- shopping, the afternoon -- shopping and the evening -- shopping . . . so you can say that today was our shopping day. Argentina, as you may know, is known for its wonderful beef but what else comes from cows? Yes, amazingly soft and supple leather . . . and that's what I bought. Four leather bags and two pairs of boots all under $400 . . . YAY! It also helps that August is Buenos Aires's biggest sale month . . . so I got 50% off my leather, brown, knee-high boots which were 398 pesos originally and were marked down to 199 pesos -- about $67. Oh how I love boots.
In addition to the leather and the beef, we've taken it upon ourselves to sample a couple of other cuisines while here. The other night we stood in line to eat . . . at a Mexican restaurant. Yes, there was a line to get in, apparently it's one of the newest things here. Everybody kept ordering quesadillas! Tonight, we had sushi. It was amusing to see people NOT know how to go about eating sushi, though there is a sushi restaurant on almost every block. They had no idea on how to "eat" the miso soup or what to do with the wasabi. I was entertained in addition to being well fed.
Tomorrow we're headed to the Evita Museum . . . we've seen her grave site, now we'll learn about her life.
Ciao -- Christine
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WE ARE SURE BOTH OF YOU WILL BURN OUT ALL THE CALORIES WITH THE ACTIVITIES AHEAD.
TITO BEBENG AND TITA ELEANO
-Harout