Hello...Buenos Aires!

It was another early morning today -- we were checked out before the sun even rose, another long car ride...but this time, it would end at an airport taking off for Buenos Aires.  Ian made ample use of the flight to catch up on his sleep...and he would need it, because we were told that the night doesn't really START in Buenos Aires until 10PM or so...and certainly did not end until well into the wee hours of the morning.

We were coming into this portion of the trip with some VERY high expectations.  Multiple friends and family members had claimed B.A. as their favorite city in South America, talking up the food, the atmosphere, the neighborhoods...we weren't even sure where we'd start.  Well, I take that back -- we knew that we'd start with some steak.  Where though...that was the question.  Ian was in charge of planning for this portion of the trip and after some consultations with Google, he selected a place in Recoleta that supposedly had some of the best steak in town.  Apparently this place had beef that was so tender that you could cut it with a spoon -- it sounded a little cheesy...but hey, when in Buenos Aires, eh?  Sadly, we do not have any pictures from this first meal.  But let me assure you that it involved a LOT of beef (though we did not end up picking the spoon-tender cut), a bottle of really good Malbec from Pulenta Estates, and two very full people at the end.

Sadly, the naps we took in the afternoon were only enough to sustain us until midnight and we couldn't find the energy in us to stay out past our meal.  You win this round, Buenos Aires -- but we're coming back for more tomorrow!