There is a nice, free park near the zoo which they call the Botanical Garden.  It is very strange because in the middle of all the hustle and bustle of the city there is a nice tranquil, safe park.  I think the trees and bushes are from all around the world.  We didn't take the time to read where each tree was from but hopefully the pictures paint a good picture of what the park is like, plus Monica likes all the stray cats.

Our next stop on the what to do in Buenos Aires tour is the natural science museum located in The barrio of Chacarita next to parque centenario.    We arrived 15 before closing time at 5:45 and went to pay the 2 dollar entrance fee but the guard waved us through, nice, a free trip.  Good advice, arrive 15 minutes before closing and you don't have to pay and you will have the museum all to yourself.

Let's protest against insecurity and violence with more violence and insecurity.  Today the city is shut down.  Protesters have blocked all the freeways and there is no public transportation which really cripples the city.  I don't really understand the mentality of trying to fix economic and social problems with picketing and crippling the city.  But I guess if the government is really useless and inept at making things better perhaps the only way to get things changed is to drastically cripple the country.  It does however, at least for me, seem quite counterproductive, to hurt your own economy.

Our first stop on the, what to do in Buenos Aires tour, is a romantic trip to the huge cemetery, in Recoleta.  The perfect place for a haunted hide and seek game, the cemetery in Recoleta is unlike any cemetery you have ever seen.  A giant labyrinth of huge oversized tombs ominously greet you at every turn.  Alleyways and alleyways of seemingly endless tombs actually begin to become disorientating.  I actually have a pretty good idea of the type of tomb I want to be buried in.  So I guess if you were shopping for tombstone ideas Recoleta cemetery would be the perfect place, we had fun.

Rainy stormy Saturday , perfect for watching soccer, looking for a job, and listening to thunder.

Here is Buenos Aires, Argentina, a huge city with lots of people, smells, and personality.  The arrogance and attitude of the argentine people is quite remarkable, but one shouldn't confuse arrogance with pride, or maybe you can, who knows, well maybe they are both arrogant and prideful or maybe they just have a certain South American pizzazz.  Maybe words cannot describe the personality of the argentine people, they are just unique, colorful, interesting people.  Like they city itself the argentine people are full of sounds, attitudes, and drama. 

                   The golden glow of the argentine sunset drenches the white walled facades.