After the sucess of our tango at the Tortoni, we decided to have another attempt but this time in Bocca. We hope that you like the photograph and our new clothes. As you'll see, my figure is starting to see the effect of too many empanadas! We spent the morning of 5th Feb on the top of an open top bus and visited Bocca, the home of Bocca Juniors which for the unitiated is the home club of Maradonna. It was a very lively area with lots of colourful buildings with statues on the balaconies and outdoor tango shows: it was a brilliant area although it is not one of the safest. The football theme was continued as David Beckham's photograph was on our tour bus ear phone packet. It was a good tour and put lots of the places we'd walked into perspective.
We also managed to get into the Casa Rosada but disappointingly I was not allowed onto the balcony and was therefore unable to speak to the people and descamisados (shirtless ones) as Evita did.
In the evening we took up Brian J's recommendation and had dinner at La Iberia. We enjoyed steak burgers, a bottle of wine and water for £15 so it was certainly a good advice.
Today, Sunday, has been spent at the Flea Market in San Telmo. It was not pure tat and there were some interesting crafts and antiques. We rounded the morning off with a lazy lunch at La Reya and sat enjoying the sunshine.
HJ
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