Tuesday 13 March 2007
I´ve just checked out of my hotel so I can take a trip on the Tren de la Costa - a scenic train ride that runs north between Olivos and Tigre towards the mouth of the Rio Uruguay, but I´m here in the internet shop nursing a hangover and a bottle of coke because my brain is not working well enough to negotiate maps and transport options!!

Lee´s brother, Jason, and I hung out yesterday, had a (another) very successful shopping trip where I found a fantastic dress for the wedding AND shoes, and he found some shoes himself, gifts for his girlfriend and a gorgeous gift for his Mum´s birthday (today). We found a great little restaurant for lunch and had some awesome steaks for 14 paesos each - about AU$5.70 - and when we´d had enoiugh shopping headed to La Boca, a very colourful south-eastern ´barrio´(neighbourhood) where the locals paint their houses in the colours of their favourite football team. La Boca is also the home of the Boca Juniors football team and the La Bombonera football ground - I´m yet to see a game, but must before I leave. Jason and I wandered about taking in the sights along with some beers until we were told twice by locals to put my camera away, instead we jumped in a cab and headed back into the city where we felt much more comfortable and settled in to some Nachos and three bottles of red - hence the hangover! No musuem either.

With my blog up to date and the hangover subsiding, I think I´m ready to embark on the next adventure... ciao!