Buenos Aires

Sorry it took me so long to write this post. I have been back in California for two weeks now and am long overdue to write this entry!
Buenos Aires is an amazing city. I was very lucky to have had so many wonderful people there to show me around and make my stay there so amazing. I have to thank Alejandro and his beautiful girlfriend Laura for being so accomodating, generous, and fun. I really had such a nice time with the whole group of friends there... they are so great.
It was also really nice to hang out with Carrie and her wonderful girlfriend. My friend Carrie had moved to Argentina about a year ago and I hadn't seen her in a few years (aside from a brief visit in Santa Cruz shortly before she went back to Argentina after a short trip home).
I took the subways and buses around the bustling city and spent a little too much time in the major touristy area in order to get my plane ticket (it was stolen along with my backpack back in Peru). Other than that, though... I got to see quite a bit of the city. I went to the natural history museum, a ballet in a beautiful European-style Theater (sad to admit, I already forgot the name of the Theater), and most notably, I went to the most incredible cemetery that I've ever seen. The cemetery beats all of the cemeteries in France or in all of Europe for that matter. It even beat the cemeteries in New Orleans. Some of the tombs were the size of Tokyo apartments! Some had enormous statues built into the structures while others were simple and elegant. Eerie though it was, I had a really nice time there.
One of the most noteworthy things about Buenos Aires (or Argentina in general) is that dinner is served so late in the evening. I didn't have dinner once before 9:30pm while I was there and more commonly ate between 11pm and midnight. I also quickly became addicted to the ice cream, especially the dulce de leche ice cream. In the morning there are many pastry shops open for breakfast with amazing pastries. Needless to say, I gained quite a bit of weight while I was there. I don't hold back when I'm on a trip because I believe one of the best aspects of traveling is eating. I even tried the morsilla, which is cow-blood-soaked chorizo. It took me the majority of my time there to even say that I would try it. I'm usually very adventurous with food, but that's pretty intense to eat something soaked in cow blood. It was good, but I didn't really want to eat more after trying a bite.
I was sad to leave not only the city, but the wonderful people that I was with while I was there. It truly was a great experience and I'm really thankful to those who made it as great as it was.