Christy's Photos

So here we are on Sunday, the day after Liz and Christy arrived. We went for a mate in the park to celebrate their arrival and give our feet a break. We were walking everywhere and the girls weren't used to it! They tried mate, a strong tea drunk out of a special cup with a metal straw, and ate facturas, or little cookies ad sweets. Davin joined us and we cooled down for about an hour before hitting Plaza Serrano for a little more shopping. Plaza de Mayo, in front of the Parliament house and sight of many political protests. I think this is an awesome picture.
On our way to the Recoleta cemetery for a tour, we saw this dog walker. There are roughly 15 dogs here. They walked down the street and it looked like a sea of dogs coming toward us. At the light they all just dropped, exhausted.
To cool off from the ubelievable heat of Buenos Aires we decided to find a pool and take a swim. We found one at a hotel in Microcentro. It cost us 25 pesos. We arrived at 6 pm. The pool was the size of a hot tub, there was no sun, and by the time we left we were in the middle of a thunderstorm!
I got talked into taking a dip, but to get all the way under we had to bend out knees. That's right, the pool was about 4 feet deep. Hilarious!
At the Recoleta Cemetery we were able to catch a free English tour with this girl as our tourguide. She was hilarious and such a character!
We headed to Uruguay one day and were out on the docks when it started to rain.
At the cemetery
Christy before eating lunch in Uruguay. Behind her is the River Plata which we crossed by ferry. It is an interesting brown color and eventually flows to the Atlantic Ocean.