There be dragons?
We arrived in Buenos Aires yesterday and though we'd taken separate flights, we managed to find each other at the rather odd hostel Elizabeth booked online. I had some trouble opening the massive doors with the skeleton key at first, but we've since improved our 19th-century locksmith skills. After sleeping for much of the day -- partly jet lag, partly the fact that when our room doors are closed, we're in a 25-foot tall crypt, complete with brick ceiling -- we ventured out to explore.
Cobble-stoned street in San Telmo, where restaurants started opening at 8 pm but people probably didn't arrive until 10...
Vulture gargoyles overhead
Some caryatids with impressive musculature but understandably bad posture
The massive Avenida de 9 Julio -- 7 lanes each way, making us feel like yokels
I originally wanted to order an "eye and cheese" sandwich but Elizabeth informed me that egg is huevo, not ojo. Ahem.
Contemplating the Argentinian beach cam on local TV
One benefit of being south of the equator: we're back in summer, and it stays light here until well after 8 pm! We haven't seen the Southern Cross yet but will keep an eye out.
And of course, the all-important one: the flush. In the name of science, Elizabeth just went to investigate which direction it goes, but another of the quaint attributes of this hostel is a pull-chain toilet, so apparently it was more like a small unidirectional tsunami than a swirl. Will have to investigate elsewhere.
Off to drink coffee in an effort to make it to what is reportedly the normal dinner time here: 11 pm.
Tales of tango and mate to follow.
I can't imagine eating so late. What time do people start work?
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you arrived safely. It looks beautiful! Wish the weather were so warm here. It barely broke 30 today. I had to bring the poor plants inside & lock them in a cabinet away from the monsters who roam my apartment.
Haha!
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't matter if you are in the southern or northern hemisphere. That was the first thing Scot and I tried to investigate when we went to Sydney. Of course it was a powered flush! Then we tried to fill the sink and pull the jury rigged plug of tp. Fortuitously, Mythbusters was on that very day showing the episode where they sleuth it out!
And it doesn't make any difference.
But have fun doing scientific experiments!
Cheers,
Shelley
the flush is not the way to check.
ReplyDeleteFill the sink.
mom
Well, phooey on Mythbusters. It is clockwise here. In the north too? Or does it vary in both places?
ReplyDeleteI love that pic of Marty! I also love egg and cheese sandwiches. Huevos con queso sandwichos, if I recall my Spanglish accurately.
ReplyDeleteSi, gringa grande, muchas gracias.
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