Saturday, October 29, 2011

Ducking out of the rain

If you look at the last picture in the last post, you will see on the left side of the picture a building. Yup, that's how far I made it before I ducked in to this place to warm up.


I asked for the menu in English, which I thought might be easier to understand. I should have stayed with Spanish!
I was very, very delighted with the way they served my wine. Why don't they serve it like that here???


The bread was scrumptious! Once again, I jumped right into eating the steak, remembering about 5 bites in to photograph it! Oh, but it was tasty!


Ironically, (maybe it is the Irish in me) the side dish of potatoes with cream took the cake. I still drool when I think of them!


This next picture is shot from above. I sat in the far side by the windows on the ground floor so I could watch all the people go by. Turns out not many people walk around in the rain, but it was great ambiance.



If you want to expand the picture, you can see where about I was.


By the time I stepped out again, the rain had stopped, and I was free to roam.

I had heard that the antique shops and street vendors were fantastic, and I headed in the direction I saw they were.

I am sure there are usually more street vendors with less rain, but it made for a more pleasant, personal shopping experience.




I walked down the cobble stone street to see.....

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

I came up to rain

Stepping off out of the subte tunnels I was met with a drizzly scene...
But Don't Cry for me...I was in Argentina!!!! Yes, I found where it was stated!
I could only image how many people had filled this square when Evita made her speach, but I sure wasn't going to wander around. It was raining, and I had not brought an umbrella, nor was I going to buy one. What's a little rain among travel adventures? I made do...

Ok, so I had to get a little closer to get a better picture of me in front of the "pink castle."


Being as it was mostly under construction, I didn't linger long...


...but I did enjoy this statue which strangely reminded me of Hawaii a bit.


This kind tree gave me shelter. Colorful tree, it was.


I had not realized how close to their Independance day it was. I wondered if all the flags were normal, or just for the Independance day. Nice touch though!


I can only imagine how much work these people put into these signs, and here they were getting rained on!!!

At this point, the rain was coming down pretty hard, so I looked for a bit of shelter and warmth, hoping the rain would let up enough to let me wander without regretting not buying an umbrella! :)