Buenos Aires: Day 3, 4 and 5

27 September 2009: We left the hotel at 9 am and walked in the rain to the subway. It was Sunday, so we were on our way to church. We rode to the Carlos Gardel stop and walked from there to Iglesia de Cristo en Caballito. We hung out with the youth group there until 4:30pm, eating pizza, playing ping pong and metigol (fusball). Then we went to a mall, the bus ride of which we were packed into. Their bus system is not as efficient as Montevideo's. For dinner, a smaller group of us went to Clasica y Moderna, a restaurant and bookstore. There was live music that night. Our waiter was hilarious!

28 September 2009: Kate's 20th birthday!!! The day started out on Florida street (a pedestrian street) where we shopped a little until taking taxis to La Boca once again. This is where Kate wanted to have her birthday lunch. We picked a restaurant with live dancers and music! They gave us a group deal: 40 AR pesos each. This included a drink, empanada and entree. Basically $10 US per person. It was a beautiful day. After shopping around a bit, we left for Recoleta. We squeezed 5 people in a 4 person taxi....this is illegal, so we had to pay double. After more walking, we did more walking, all the way to the horsetrack in Palermo...20 city blocks!! I had never seen a horse race before and it was pretty cool. I was with Abel and Karaline. We walked about 40 blocks back to the hotel (mostly because we didn't want to pay for a taxi, but also because we forgot how cheap the subway is). Haha! Finally, to cap off Kate's birthday, we went to a concert at a place called La Cigale. And so ends a long but amazing day!

29 September 2009: We spent time at the Botanical Gardens and the Buenos Aires Zoo. Both places were relaxing and interesting. At the gardens, we recreated one of the statues...it was so funny! Hopefully one person will post the picture soon. Then at 5pm it was time to come back to Montevideo!