In United Airlines’ defence, I knew they were crappy and I still booked with them. My trip from Medicine Hat to Buenos Aires took a total of 42 hours, 4.5 of which I was able to spend in a horizontal position. I thought I was in luck because I was upgraded (I thought it was Business, but it was Economy Plus), which I guess was a more comfortable place to spend 3 hours sitting on the Tarmac prior to being herded off the plane, standing in line for 2 hours, sent to a hotel at 4am to get up at 9am to get back to the airport for the noon flight. As you can imagine, I was pretty tired when I arrived at my guesthouse in the middle of the night on Sunday.
So when I got up this morning I did what I do best – wander around the city on foot. I got my bearings in my neighbourhood, checked into my conference in the fancy waterfront Hilton, then hit up the world’s most beautiful theatre turned bookstore.
Next I headed to the Recoleta cemetery which is filled with elaborate above ground graves, including one housing the remains of Evita.
After sampling some Argentinian wine and snacks at my conference welcome party, I headed back home for an early night to bed. The lit up waterfront reminds me of Vancouver and my ‘theatre district’ neighbourhood is full of nightlife and energy (the opposite of me tonight!!).
Now time for an epic sleep. This brain’s gotta rest so it can take 4 days of learning!
Looks awesome, glad you made it safely!