Day 11:
Monday January 15, 2007 This morning was our day to explore our neighborhood of Recoleta before catching our flight to Califate in the afternoon. We first went to the Bibliotequa National – The national library, which was…closed. Then we went to Recoleta Cemetary. In this cemetery, all the famous people are buried, and have a crypt dedicated for them and their family. It looks like a little town inside the walls of this cemetery, it’s pretty creepy.
And when you look into any of these little crypts, you can often see the actual coffins, laying inside, on the shelves or in the middle. You’re standing 2 feet from a dead body from 100 years ago or from last week. This is also the place in which Eva Peron is buried. For those of you who don’t know, that is who Madonna played in the musical “Evita”.
We then walked down avenida Alvear, which is similar to Fifth Avenue. Which, once the conversion rate kicks in, it’s really just 1.75 avenue, right? =) This is where the Armani, Louis Voitton, Ralph Lauren, Cartier, and others have their stores. A bit too posh for us. Right off Avenida Alvear, there was a grocery store that reminded me a bit of whole foods – really clean and fancy. We then went back to the hotel to pick up our things, and go to the airport. Our plane had been delayed, but it took off about an hour late, and we arrived in Calafate’s one gate airport at 7:30. The airport had one runway, and no taxiway, so once the MD-83 plane landed, it did a U-turn on the runway to get back to the gate. For just having one gate though, I am not sure what took 25 minutes for our luggage to appear. But anyway, it was super windy here - so windy - that we were really being blown to the car. We arrived at our hotel, which is pretty nice, and ate here around 9:30.
We got lamb in the restaurant, and it was good. The southern region of Argentina – Pategonia – is known for it’s sheep. For it’s wool, leather, and meat. It was only right to have lamb =) Our tour tomorrow leaves the hotel at 7:15 – when we have to be up and showered.
And when you look into any of these little crypts, you can often see the actual coffins, laying inside, on the shelves or in the middle. You’re standing 2 feet from a dead body from 100 years ago or from last week. This is also the place in which Eva Peron is buried. For those of you who don’t know, that is who Madonna played in the musical “Evita”.
We got lamb in the restaurant, and it was good. The southern region of 
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