The tourist boats offer river cruises around the islands.
About 40 minutes outside the city is a little town on the Rio Parana called Tigre. Aside from its popular Fruit Market, (which actually sells antiques) the town also has a gorgeous art museum and tons of tiny islands along the river to explore. Tigre used to be the "it" place for Buenos Aires' elite to getaway, so grand social clubs and aging mansions still dot the river's edge.
Now that the Southern hemisphere is nearing the end of Winter and the weather has warmed up, we jumped at the chance to get out of the city and enjoy the outdoors. The first few hours were spent at the amusement park, because Mr. Teague is finally tall enough to ride some of the kid rides. (We may or may not have had to fluff his hair up to allow him to pass the height test.) He rode his first Argentine roller coaster and learned first-hand that South Americans have personal space issues.
Obviously the 1 foot bubble around a person doesn't apply. Ever.
Afterward, we grabbed lunch and had a little picnic down near the river and spent the afternoon just walking around. It's still not warm enough for the parade of thongs (thank goodness) but the people-watching was superb.
See the tiny planes on his shirt? They're A-10s! Gymboree rocks.
(Thanks Andrea for posting the link!)
The extremely low low-rider bike.
4 comments:
Love the boats and LOVE T.'s shirt. How was the roller coaster experience?
ahhh.. how i miss that 1 foot personal space bubble!!! and who do i call at gymboree for a cool 60s helo shirt? then again ... C wouldn't wear anything else anymore ;) I am so glad to FINALLY have gotten the chance to catch up on your blog!!! LIfe is starting to return to normal (or what we call normal anyway) here ... did you see that I left 500 comments for you on our blog? ;) enjoy the summer! we sure miss it over here!!!!
I love Teague's expression in line. He's thinking- must you guys push? And love the shirt!
Gorgeous photos! This is one of the places that you see and think "Man, there are so many amazing places in the world that I didn't even know about..." I think that's the best part about reading blogs like yours (and other Olmsteders): you get a window into world that might otherwise have otherwise have passed by unnoticed. Thanks!
P.S. Don't listen to Nina- the winter rocks! :)
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