Sleeping in a bed again was bliss, however as comfortable as it was it didn’t stop us from coming round before the crack of dawn. Trying to put a positive spin on it you could say one of the benefits of waking early is we were able to watch the daylight bring everything to life from our 10th floor room, the view is a mixture of old and new and although it’s not the prettiest scene it’s still fascinating to sit and study.
One thing we are quickly finding is things are not that expensive and we don’t seem to be spending as much as we had budgeted for. Taxis are really cheap and they don’t even expect a tip.
As we were awake early we decided to take breakfast in the hotel and then go for a walk.
Leaving our senior member back at the hotel, we set off and walked practically the length of the Avenue 9 de Julio passing the large Obelisk which commemorates the 400th anniversary of the capital’s founding.
We carried on walking along the avenue plotting a circular route to take in the Avenida del Libertador, to see the British Clock Tower and the Islas Malvinas-Falkland Islands War Memorial. It was then on to the Plaza De Mayo before returning back to the hotel along the Avenue De Mayo. Sadly there seems to be building work going on everywhere and most of the sites in that area were covered by fencing and hoarding.
Most of the Plaza was fenced off so we just had to make do with what was available to see. Even the Casa Rosa had a crane in front of it. The only building not affected was the Cabildo but even then because of limited angles from which to take a photo I had to stand on a column base to see over a fence in order to get my snap.
It was a good walk taking over 2 hours and it allowed us to get a feel for the city. Plus being so early it wasn’t so hot. We all agreed that we didn’t feel the need to go to Cemeterio de la Recoleta or even La Boca which all the tourist trips seem to visit. We have been quite happy with our choices and given the heat then maybe the right decision for us.
We spent the afternoon doing pretty much the same as yesterday which was just chilling out with a spot of imbibing for good measure.
Tomorrow we get on the ship.
Enjoying your blog as usual! It’s an itinerary that sounds very interesting so I look forward to following along over the coming days!
Have a great time.