Ferry from Buenos Aires to Colonia de Sacramento, Uruguay. It’s a smallish town across the River de la Plata from Buenos Aires. It’s got a well preserved historic section from Spanish colonial days. Sunday 4th: Monday 5th: Had a nice dinner at a beautiful place - Charco Bistro: And more strolling: Tues 6th: Left on the 12:00 bus for Montevideo.

Dec 31 - Walked out to Belgrano, a Barrio on the west side of Buenos Aires, adjacent to Palermo. Pretty nice; a bit more well-kept than most of Palermo. There's a big park, Barrancas del Belgrano: Took the metro back to our neighborhood & had lunch at Rita Specialty Coffee, which we'd passed several times and was always crowded: Jan 1 - Retiro is a nicer barrio essentially at the northeast corner of Buenos Aires: The next barrio to the south from there is San Nicolás: Subwa

Good bread at Co-Pain: A nice doorway on Calle Ecuador in Recoleta: Dinner at La Mar in Palermo with friends Inés and JJ, passing through on their way to Bariloche: Cathedral Metropolitana: Went to a Milonga at Milonga Parakultural. A Milonga is a Tango party. It’s a good way to see a Tango demonstration and a local social event. There are 1/2 dozen or so well known venues around town, each of which seems to host two or three a week. Ours was in the basement of an art deco

If I haven’t made clear yet, I should now - Palermo is huge, the biggest barrio in Buenos Aires. It has four sub-areas: We are in Hollywood. Today we walked into SoHo for a poke: Then continued into Villa Crespo and Parque Centenario. Kind of nice, a bit sprawling: And on, looped back toward Palermo Noche: Made two important food discoveries. Good coffee at Cafe Negro: And maybe the best meal of Buenos Aires, at La Alacena: During lunch, the power went out. They kept crankin