Friday, November 14, 2008

Buenos Aires Buzz

We arrived in B.A. on time and more or less without incident. Flight wasn't as horrible as expected, though American Airlines is no prize in the travel department. We both slept enough that the time passed. Weather in B.A. is terrific; sunny with temps in the 80s. Our accomodations are great; wonderful little b and b in the Palermo district. We wandered about the area a bit on arrival and stoppped for some pizza (not bad by the way, and that's coming from a pizza snob.) After napping we struck out again to check out the area and to the surpise of no on that knows us, found our way into a very cool, modern watering hole. At least we picked one where the bartender, Ariel (spelling is a guess) spoke English. He said he taught himself the language watching TV broadcast in English with Spanish subtitles while recuperating from a motorcycle accident. Ya never know. In any event, he created a special drink for Pat, a variation on a Negroni that added Yagermeister of all things; wasn't bad. I'll let Pat embellish the story and add her thoughts on the city.