about to rip into one of the largest steaks that has ever crossed my path...
some of the most delicious sides that accompanied the yummy steak at the restaurant La Cabrera
the anti-bush sentiment has been pretty rampant all over south america, but this is one of my favorite graffiti pieces...
bartolomeo mitre, who was one of argentina's presidents, is buried in this tomb...isn't it massive?
this is the tomb where evita and juan peron are buried...most people come to see evita...she was only 33 years old when she died!
this is a "street" with tombs/graves all down it...the recoleta cemetery was massive...it is hot here...super duper hot...and our godforsaken hostel does not have any windows so all night i toss and turn and marinate in my own sweat...yum...but that is my only complaint. when outside, i love the weather...when i am inside i want to scream...
buenos aires is a beautiful big city...we have been able to see a lot, but also relax a lot...yesterday we spènt the entire day in 2 cafes in the neighborhood of palermo soho (seriously that is what it is called and it is the chic, boutiquey neighborhood of BA) and worked on Annette´s ipod...it was nice to just sit and be reminded of the comforts of home...then afterwards we had a super nice dinner (despite our grungy attire) where we were served some amazing food, including the most ginormous steak ever in the history of the world...it reminded me of the scene from the movie Great Outdoors where John Candy has to eat a 96 ounce steak...i felt like it was really that massive...but it was unbelievably delicious. maybe the best steak i have ever had in my life. it also came with all these sauces that were to die for and sides...warm apple sauce, mashed potatoes, tomatoes stewed, roasted garlic, marinated onions...i am drooling just thinking about it. sadly, i cannot button my shorts today, but it was definitely worth it...
the day before we went to the recoleta cemetery where all the rich and important people of BA are buried and we saw Eva Peron´s grave. i was a bit astounded by the massive nature of the graves. in fact, they weren´t graves, they were tombs...entire families of 60 to 200 people could potentially be buried there. some of these tombs were bigger than my apartment in NY. it was pretty creepy being around all these tombs and being able to look in and see the coffins, knowing that there were dead bodies right inside them...my morbid curiosity wanted to open some of the coffins (of the tombs that were broken into) and open them... but better sense and annette's threats stopped me... the crazy thing was that some of the tombs had been broken into and some of the older tombs that had been around since the late 1800s were now being used as storage spaces. seriously, i saw that one of the tombs contained cleaning supplies, a cat litter box, and paint in it. that was a bit disrespectful, i thought, even though i am sure the dead for over a hundred year bodies didn´t mind so much.
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