Our Last Day in Buenos Aires

Across the street from our hotel and directly outside our window is one of the buildings that helped give Buenos Aires the name 'the Paris of South America'.

Of course, right next door to that is a 'modern' apartment building, which has roll-down shutters which are closed whenever people are not at home. These shutters remind me more of garage doors than anything else, but it is (or was) a common design element in many buildings around here. I don't think it is needed so much for security, but is more of a better-safe-than-sorry approach. But it does not look anywhere as classy as its next door neighbor.

This morning we Ubered over to the Recoleta area, about a mile or so from our hotel. Being Saturday, it is a much slower day, and at 11 a.m. vendors at the park were just beginning setting up their tents and stalls selling folk art and trinkets and Erte-esque paintings of tango dancers in red and black.

We stopped by the cemetery where Eva Duarte Peron is buried and wandered amongst the many elaborate tombs. It was easy to find Evita, just follow the line of tour groups:

We didn't feel the need to wait in line, so just meandered to the other side and grabbed this quick photo from the corner.

One other thing the cemetery is known for is it's collection of resident semi-feral cats. Although this one looks completely relaxed and uninterested in us tourists.

The trip is winding down, Jackie has been home for a couple of days and Denny and Kathi just texted me a photo of Lake Erie as they approach Cleveland. Both have told us that the international airport process here in Buenos Aires (EZE) is somewhat of a zoo. You cannot check in when you first arrive, you have to wait until they open the check in gate for your specific flight. And naturally, there is limited space for sitting and waiting until that happens. We took their advice and got late check out at our hotel and will leave for the airport around 5 pm, so hopefully will not have to wait too long to check in and get our bags sent off. Then it is a series of security checks and screenings to actually get to the gate itself, and none of the shopping or other diversionary activities are on that side.

The weather is clouding up, it is supposed to start raining around 6 or so, but we hope to be at the airport before the worst of it starts in. We've had lovely weather for 2 out of three days in BA, as well as a nice day in Iguazu so we are not complaining. The hardest part will be readjusting to winterish weather had home. For the past couple of weeks we have been in summer, and changing back to winter will be an adjustment.

I think that about covers it. We will be heading off to the airport in three hours and tomorrow we will be home!