Yesterday we had a second tour of Buenos Aires--lots of buildings and a huge cathedral. A French architect laid out the streets so the city does remind you of Paris. One new addition is a huge flower made of the same material as the Bean in Chicago. It is also about the same size. The flower opens each morning and closes each evening. Pretty cool!
We went to La Recoleta, a 4 block cemetery with 4000 masoleums where Evita Peron along with many other people is buried. We had to stand in line to see her family tomb. It was similar to standing in line to see Lenin's tomb. I am not sure too many people would put those two together, but the experience was similar for me.
At the end of the day we went to a tango show--great entertainment--classy and flashy. Joe and I are taking ballroom dancing lessons on Friday nights at the YMCA. Each month is a new dance. The last one is the tango. I watched Joe try and figure out the basic dance step for the tango. You could almost see his mind working. At the end of the performance he said, " I think it will take more than a month to learn this dance!"
We sailed over night to Montevideo, Uruguay and pulled into port this am. We did a self-guided walking tour of the town in about 2 hours. Montevideo is small compared to Buenos Aires and because it was Saturday many things were closed. We did find a flea market in a square where they were selling some of the same things you could buy in the antique store in Penn Yan that never seemed to be open!
Uruguay is the second smallest country in SA and exports the most wool in the world. I guess they have lots of sheep. Education is free through graduate school, but I don't know how many people take advantage of the opportunity as I have never heard of lots of really smart Uruguarians.
We sail tonight for the Falkland Islands. I think we have two days at sea but am not sure. So I won't blog until we get to port again.
We are enjoying ourselves!
Diane
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