Balcony Induced Warblings

Buenos Aires! After a long, temperature-ly uneven bus journey from Mendoza, we have made it to the city of tango, massive cow consumption and, of course, Eva Peron. We are staying in a hostel on the Avenida De Mayo and we have our own balcony, which makes for inspired singing of ´Don´t Cry For Me Argentina´ whilst cats wail frantically below.

Buenos Aires is truly beautiful. The architecture is stunning. In fact, there is a building just across the road from us which is meant to represent Dante´s Inferno, a guaranteed nightmare inducer. Mike, Aoife and I are simply soaking up the atmosphere, the memories of which will undoubtedly cheer us as we hike our way up the Inca Trail, dizzy from altitude sickness and llama exposure.

Before we left Mendoza, we did a BikesandWine tour which is exactly what is proposes - a 12km cycle through the wineries of Mendoza, upon a bicycle. It began well, and ended with some uneven steering and a broken bike chain (Mike). We also went on a trek to see Aconcagua, the tallest mountain outside of the Himalayas. We were at an altitude of 2800 metres, which was enough to have an effect. Imagine abandoning your frontal lobe then going for a walk along a dusty, mule strewn path whilst wondering if your breath will ever return. Hint: it doesn´t. We began to envision a Crash! kind of scenario, where we become so insane from the altitude that you begin to wonder what your friends taste like. Well, Aoife did.

Speaking of Miss Bole, she had a classic moment today, as we wandered down the Avenida de Florida (shopping galore). We came across a shop which was entitled ´Casa Lopez´. Aoife then guilelessly enquired ´Does this have anything to do with Jennifer Lopez?´. According to her, Jennifer Lopez now has her own lucrative chain of leather stores in Buenos Aires. She is truly an outstanding entrepreneur.