Buenos Aires, Argentina
April 12, 2007
S 34°35.045
W 058°24.500
The clap of thunder and brilliant flashes from lightening woke us in the middle of the night. The beautiful day we had at Iguazu Falls was now being washed away by a tropical thunderstorm. It continued to rain as we headed out to find our morning coffee and never ceased as we boarded our flight back to Buenos Aires. What a difference a day can make…
Iguazu Falls wouldn’t have been the same in the rain—no butterflies fluttering through the forest, no iridescent rainbows in the mist, no brilliantly intense sun, and definitely not as many photo opportunities. We
felt very fortunate for the great day we had; having timed our visit perfectly with the weather, unlike our visit to Torres del Paine… we deserved a break!
Safely back in our apartment in Buenos Aires, we’re preparing for our trip back through San Francisco. We’ll spend the majority of Friday cleaning our apartment and packing. We meet the owner of the apartment on Saturday morning at 10 AM for a final inspection, and head out for one free night at the swanky Buenos Aires Marriott (thank goodness for Marriott Rewards) before our long flight home.
Other notes: I have officially grown tired of Argentinean food. I can not bare another piece of grilled meat, dish of pasta, or pancetta pizza with canned mushrooms. Buenos Aires does offer more variety than many of the small towns we’ve passed through, but even the nice restaurants have a menu primarily of meat. Our favorite meals have been at the Asian
restaurants—Green Bamboo (Vietnamese), Sudestada (Asian fusion) and Biwon (Korean); however, most of these places are pretty pricey and out of our budget for nightly meals. As Marc said, “we’re just spoiled by the diversity of food living in San Francisco, none of the restaurants we’ve visited would even make Michael Bauer’s Top 100”… I don’t necessarily agree with him since the above mentioned restaurants were top notch. I think Michael would balk at the décor in Green Bamboo, for example, or criticize the place settings, but overall he would rate the food for what it is… excellent.
We created a list of restaurants to visit during our quick visit “home.” I’m not sure we’ll hit them all, but we’ll try. The list includes: Little Thai, Giordano Brothers, Nick’s Crispy Tacos and a few others (none of these are on the Top 100 though). One thing is for sure…we will not be going to a steak house on our visit to SF!
April 12, 2007
S 34°35.045
W 058°24.500
The clap of thunder and brilliant flashes from lightening woke us in the middle of the night. The beautiful day we had at Iguazu Falls was now being washed away by a tropical thunderstorm. It continued to rain as we headed out to find our morning coffee and never ceased as we boarded our flight back to Buenos Aires. What a difference a day can make…
Iguazu Falls wouldn’t have been the same in the rain—no butterflies fluttering through the forest, no iridescent rainbows in the mist, no brilliantly intense sun, and definitely not as many photo opportunities. We
felt very fortunate for the great day we had; having timed our visit perfectly with the weather, unlike our visit to Torres del Paine… we deserved a break!Safely back in our apartment in Buenos Aires, we’re preparing for our trip back through San Francisco. We’ll spend the majority of Friday cleaning our apartment and packing. We meet the owner of the apartment on Saturday morning at 10 AM for a final inspection, and head out for one free night at the swanky Buenos Aires Marriott (thank goodness for Marriott Rewards) before our long flight home.
Other notes: I have officially grown tired of Argentinean food. I can not bare another piece of grilled meat, dish of pasta, or pancetta pizza with canned mushrooms. Buenos Aires does offer more variety than many of the small towns we’ve passed through, but even the nice restaurants have a menu primarily of meat. Our favorite meals have been at the Asian
restaurants—Green Bamboo (Vietnamese), Sudestada (Asian fusion) and Biwon (Korean); however, most of these places are pretty pricey and out of our budget for nightly meals. As Marc said, “we’re just spoiled by the diversity of food living in San Francisco, none of the restaurants we’ve visited would even make Michael Bauer’s Top 100”… I don’t necessarily agree with him since the above mentioned restaurants were top notch. I think Michael would balk at the décor in Green Bamboo, for example, or criticize the place settings, but overall he would rate the food for what it is… excellent.We created a list of restaurants to visit during our quick visit “home.” I’m not sure we’ll hit them all, but we’ll try. The list includes: Little Thai, Giordano Brothers, Nick’s Crispy Tacos and a few others (none of these are on the Top 100 though). One thing is for sure…we will not be going to a steak house on our visit to SF!
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