Yo estoy en Buenos Aires!

Here I am in Buenos Aires in an internet cafe on Ave. 9 de Julio, so named in celebration of their independance, much like our 4th of July. I´ve been told this avenue is the widest in the world, with nine lanes of travel in each direction. It´s huge! The avenue also reminds me of times square, although there is no square, because it has large animated billboards and neon lit signs much lke Times Square. There is also a large obelisk in the middle of the avenue... don´t know it´s significance. It is simple called "The Obelisk."

Before coming to the internet cafe, I visited the Pink Palace, famous because that is where Eva Peron gave her infamous speeches to the people of Argentina gathered in the Plaza de Mayo. I´ve been here since about ten a.m. Sunday morning and we´re leaving tonight at eight to return to New York. We´ll arive Tuesday morning at six.

Last night we had a great dinner at Broccolino´s, and Italian resteraunt. I had steak and fries, famous in Paris, and famous here, too. Although I can tell you, I paid a little less than half here than I did in Paris. Right now the exhange rate is about 2.89 pesos per dollar. This little internet cafe charge one peso per hour. Cheap, cheap, cheap! Which is perfect, because I couldn´t afford any other layover right now. Although I don´t have my camera with me this time, I´ll try to add some pictures to this post when I return. I´ll find some on the internet.