Happy year of the Tiger!
As far as New Years go, I'd say this one started out to a pretty beautiful (if not delicious) start. Somehow, I seemed to have a surprisingly Asian-themed weekend, despite the fact that I'm, well, in Argentina. We visited the Japanese garden Saturday morning and it was stunning! Definitely the kind of place begging for camera-happy tourists to snap the little red bridges, bonsai trees and gigantic carp. The lakes were filled with these brightly colored fish, which must have pretty good eyesight because as soon as you moved closer to the water's edge, they'd "glupglupglup" up at you, waiting for crumbs. We didn't plan for this, so, alas, no new fish friends.
After sadly leaving behind potentially new pets (we do have a swimming pool, after all!), we meandered around all the different parks (after harrowingly darting angry buses on Libertador, that is). Particularly gorgeous was the Rosedal, which had more colors of roses than I even knew existed! The thing about Buenos Aires is, even though it's a megacity, their parks are HUGE! There is sort of a network of gorgeous parks in Palermo that link up to be the Central Park of BsAs....lakes with rentable paddle boats, rollerblading trails, gazebos galore, and, a boundary-waters-worthy amount of hungry mosquitos. It's amazing to escape the crazy traffic, urban jungle and suddenly be surrounded by miles and miles of verdant parks! With a little more bugspray next time, I could definitely spend a whole weekend here. See photos!
China-town was, obviously, a pretty big deal Sunday. We just didn't know how big of a deal it would be! It was almost comical how ridiculously packed these little streets were. Trying to walk down one block took an hour, easily, and you'd definitely come out a little banged up. It was worth it to find steamed dumplings on the other end, though! I reached my pot of gold! Except instead of being at the end of a rainbow, it was an abusive dragon-parade. Oh well, you say potato, I say dim sum.
After, we had friends come over for a BBQ--the first one we actually hosted! Besides eating your weight in meat (or in my case, delicious soy burgers!), a rite of passage here is definitely hosting an asado. A duty we do not mind undertaking--expect greatness when we return!
Love you all,
Lee
ps: More photos on Picasa (http://picasaweb.google.com/leeann.sit/Argentina#)
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