Hello!
I leave tomorrow! I can't believe how fast it's all gone! Here's what I did my last few days here...
Monday- Walk down Puerto Madryn for a final churripan, visit to the Botanical Gardens, stroll through the Palermo Parks (beautiful and full of people but also unfortunately very full of mosquitos), visit to the Gran Ateneo (an old theatre converted into a bookstore, definitely the coolest bookstore I've ever been in), and last night at the Bomba del Tiempo drumming show.
Tuesday- Visit to the Buenos Aires rose gardens and a friend's roof-top going-away pool party, final visit to the Catedral for one last milonga (a milonga is a place where normal people dance tango , as opposed to a tango show.
Wednesday- Visits to ESMA (one of the biggest clandestine detention centers used by the government during the Dirty Wars) and the Memorial Park for the thousands killed and disappeared during the Dirty Wars, afternoon coffee at the historical Cafe Violettas, boot shopping in the leather district, and farewell to a bunch of kids from my program at Bangalore.
Thursday- Walk around Recoleta's giant metal flower, visit to the University of Buenos Aires Law School, visits to the two most popular art museums in Buenos Aires (MALBA and Bellas Artes), lunch at one of my favorite empanada places, dinner at Desnivel (my favorite steak restaurant) and last night at Cronico (favorite bar).
Friday- Lots of goodbyes. Most of my friends left and I also stopped by Help Argentina to say goodbye to everyone there. Also, went out to Plaza Serrano for dinner and drinks with my host mom and her friends. Last ice cream in Buenos Aires!
Saturday- Shopping at the Recoleta fair where we got caught in a torrential downpour and had to hide out in the cultural center for a while, final cafe con medialunas, walk down Avenida Florida (an outdoor mall), and delicious dinner of steak and squash stew at Cumana.
Sunday- I cooked brunch for Eli and Guillermo then went with one of my friends to wander around San Telmo fair.
As excited as I am to go home and see everyone, I can't believe that my South American adventure is really over! Thanks to all for keeping in touch! Having such a great support system was a huge part of me being able to be gone for so long! Hope to see you soon!
Love, Melanie
LAST PICTURES FROM BUENOS AIRES
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment