Highlights for both of us - 3 Feb

HJ in Evita's restaurant

HJ - the highlight of the day for me has got to be Museo Evita, a museum dedicated to the life of Eva Peron.  There was lots of black and white film clips with english subtitles and a great selection of her outfits, hats and shoes.  It was all housed in a beautiful building which was formerly a lodge for Argentinian women who moved to Buenos Aires to find work. We then had a bottle of wine in the leafy, shady outdoor terrace and restaurant before heading out for RMs highlight.  The second highlight was navigating the Subte (tube) successfully and not paying as a kind man seemed to think it was easier to let us through the barrier than to sell me tickets using my limited Spanish.  However, if I had bought a ticket it would have been 1 peso (17p)!

RM after the 'official' wine tasting

RM - my highlight was an evening wine tasting at Anuva Wines in the Rendezvous Hotel in Palermo Hollywood.  We arrived for 6pm and were guided through five wines: a supmante, a white Torrentes, and Marirena, Syrah and Malbec reds.  Each was paired with a different food, ranging from roquefort cheese through to spicy salami and chocolate.  To soak up the generous portions we were also served empanadas.  There were only four of us on the tasting which was faciliated by a couple of young Americans who really knew their stuff.  The evening was rounded off by a bottle of the Torrentes in a nearby wine bar and followed by a taxi home where a very rude taxi driver tried to metaphorically take us for a ride!

Tune in tomorrow for tales of tango . . . .