We've been armed well with our trusted Milhouse map, tour guide book and scribbled list of must do's that we've carried around like a bible. Its all looking pretty worse for wear now but it was great to make sure that we've covered of all of the must see's of the city.
I figured I should probs do a blog on the top things to do and see in BA, we've been here long enough now that its a pretty comprehensive guide.
1. The Nightlife
Is awesome
Don't expect to really sleep at all for the duration of your stay in BA if you come here! Dinner isn't until 10, predrinking begins at 1 and the nightclubs don't pack out until 2:30 ... the night finally ends with a Maccy D's at 7am. EVERY DAY
It's insane, but its amazing. We've been lucky enough to sample quite a few nights out (no shock there I guess) but we've done the touristy thing and hit up 69 (a drag club) and Kika to name a few, and then we've done the local thing with our friends last night which was brillaint, reggeatton central (my new fave genre) and we've also thrown in a few tango clubs to spice it up a bit! Every night has been great and really different which is the best thing. There's so much choice.
2. A Boca Game.
Boca Juniors are the most popular team around in Buenos Aires. Its definitely an experience. Very different to an English match and way more fun! The crowd party all through the game, chanting constantly and drumming insanely!
Even if your not really a football fan its worth going for the atmosphere. Obviously, we had to add to our tshirt collection so that we would fit in with everyone!
We also went to La Boca while we were there, it was heaving with football fans and tourists as its the home of the stadium and also the prettiest little place. Its fully of quaint little art galleries and cafes. Worth a visit in the day for the market and the tango dancers, but im told its not the best place to be at night.
3. A guided tour a la Guido, Lucas and Juliette
We had a lovely drive around the city at night with the Argentinian peeps, great way to get our bearings and digest the ice cream... in the event of no availability, get a bus tour, they're supposed to be good. We aso did a free walking tour around the centre which was pretty cool. They run everyday and last about 3 hours. It was pretty interesting and good opportunity to get all those cultural snaps in one swoop!
4. A Tango lesson
Or 5.
Hannah and I may have gone a bit overboard on the tango having even splashed out on a private lesson but it was well worth doing. Tangos very different from anything that we've done before and we wanted to get a handle on it. Its a much stricter form of dance that doesn't really allow for you to blag it in the same way that we usually do with salsa! So now after a few lessons we've got the basics but theres still a pretty long way to go!
There are loads of places where you can get a lesson before a show with an amazing meal and as much wine as you can drink - hello! AND we got certificates which obviously made it worth it.
4. The Recoleta
We were lucky enough to have a tour a la Lucas for this afternoon so we could have some of the famous names explained to us etc. Obviously there was one name that we didn't need explaining... Evita.
We found Miss Duartes grave which was obviously covered in flowers and tributes.
Obviously this little day trip was topped off with the apple crumble mentioned earlier and the sampling of Freddo ice cream. Its not possible to have a tour a la Lucas without food as we found out today when we visited San Telmo to find some freshly baked bread and butter pudding placed in our hands :) yummmy
5. Palermo
There are lots of cute little shops and parks in Palermo as well as being the location of the amazing steak house that Ive already spoken about. Its also where most of the bars and clubs are. Worth a relaxing wander round.
We hit Palermo with Guido and a group of his friends at Budah Bar and had a wicked night,despite it raining so hard that the roof of the club poured in water and the top floor of the club had to be closed we still danced the night away reggeaton styleee. It was a bit like something out of flashdance.
6. Art Galleries
Yes you heard right we actually went to a couple of art galleries - very cultural I know!
7. San Telmo Market
Full of literally thousands of antiques and trinkets. There are insane quantities of stands selling everything from jewellery to bottles (dad...) to rocking horses! You can spend hours wandering around getting absorbed in each of the stands and sucked into the maze.
There are loads of other things to do that Im sure will feature in the blog when we return to BA in a few weeks. So relieved that we are going back. Not ready for this overdose to stop.
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