Some views of Buenos Aires

You could say this says it all

Our week in Buenos Aires sped up, somehow. We signed up for four-hour a day Spanish classes, made friends, went out with them until hours that were early for BA but wildly adventurous for us, and then Elizabeth would actually get up in the morning and take the subway off to a temporary consulting gig.

Now it's our last night here -- tomorrow we leave for Patagonia for about six weeks -- and we're considering finding some more tango.

In the meantime, here are a few images from this week:


Church doorway in San Telmo


Beautiful buildings in Retiro


Can't remember what neighborhood this is in, but architecture like this seems to pop up everywhere


Botanical graffiti: who knew? This would be Orchidaceae, of course, says Elizabeth

Retiro train station

Salida aqui


Wowed by watermelons: everything is larger south of the equator


Dulce de leche helado, one of humankind's better inventions


Later, you can work off that helado with city-sponsored booty dance classes


Si, vegetarianos


The white head scarf, symbol of the mothers of the disappeared

Is graffiti Quaker?

And the quintessentially South American David -- why's that, you ask?


Because he's got a teapot and a mate gourd