Month: January 2011

  • Eating an Entire Cow (not in one sitting) part 5

    We spent our last night in Buenos Aires at the same restaurant we went to the first night.   Here’s what we’ve learned in a month in Buenos Aires.

    • 10:30 is a good time to go out for dinner.  Midnight is not.  They were done for the night, but still seated us.

    • Our Spanish still needs work.  We ordered 3 different steaks. When they came one turned out to be chicken.

    • Steaks taste a lot better than organs (at least the one organ I’ve tried so far).  We got a flank and skirt steak. Both were really good.
    • They don’t call it skirt steak here. Jeff tried to buy a “lomo de falda” at a butcher the next day which made the butcher laugh.
    • Pictures of gauchos holding giant knives should not scare you.

    • You need to use caution when salting.  Salt shakers run really fast here.
    • Dulce de leche ice cream rocks

  • Happy New Year!

    Happy New Year!  We wish everyone a wonderful, healthy 2011.

    Our New Year’s Eve didn’t go as planned.  Going out to dinner was a disaster.   We walked home in a torrential downpour. The clock struck midnight while we were in an elevator. But then we were surprised by a huge fireworks display that we could see from our balcony.

    That’s what I love about traveling, even when things are going poorly, they can turn around when you least expect it.

    Wishing everyone lots of wonderful surprises in 2011.