Day: May 1, 2024
Evita
Post by Grubb Yesterday we went down the block from where we’re staying and visited the Evita Perón museum. Evita was an Argentine socialist Princess Diana, a fashion model for the welfare state. When she died in 1952 at the age of 33, it was a shock to the nation. The spectacle of her funeral…
Bread and water
Post by Grubb with additions by Ella So far on this trip I’ve eaten more meat than the nineteenth century mountain men I’ve read about, but two nights ago we entered a zone of carnivorous excess that was the height of Roman Empire decadence. If it had a hoof, we ate it. Each entry in…
Who would want to visit…
Post by Ella the Japanese Gardens in Buenos Aires? Beats me, but we did. Underwhelming. We had spent an interesting couple of hours at the Eva Peron museum (Grubb will post on that) and thought walking around some gardens would be a nice change. Shoulda kept on going to the botanical gardens. We did stop…
View from our balcony
Post by Ella Not quite the same as the view from our Palacio Salvo 11th floor apartment in Montevideo.
Argentinian moolah
Post by Ella I did an overlong post on cash in Argentina way back at the beginning of our trip. But perhaps you are curious about what the pesos look like. There are also 100 and 500 peso notes. But we didn’t have any. ARS $1000 is in the ballpark of US $1.00. Carrying around…