Buenos Aires

I arrived a day early to help alleviate jet lag which is becoming increasingly difficult to deal with. This flight compounded the problem with a four hour delay in Toronto due to “wastewater treatment” issues. I did not begrudge the delay to fix *that*…thinking of those poor folks on the Air India flight from Chicago to Delhi last year that had to turn back over Greenland due to almost all the toilets being plugged…(no more curried eggs for me!)

Fortunately, it’s only a 2 hour time shift here from Toronto – I believe the ship will just remain in this time zone regardless of geolocation. On today’s menu, food.

After having two Ubers cancel on me I made it in the nick of time to join my foodie tour group at Picasa pizza in the Palermo neighbourhood – just as the pizza arrived at the table.

Cheesy goodness – even the onions which always seem to taste better in warm climates. This soon followed with a pulled-beef filled empanada chaser.

It was a steamy 31C today but shady trees abounded as we made our way to the Michelin “listed” el Preferido restaurant. The owner has a star at another resto but this one caught the Michelin folk eyes as well since they source their food from the same local organic farms & wineries. The food here is more homestyle. Apparently Dua Lipa comes here all the time when in Buenos Aires.

Palermo is also home to the famous author Jorge Luis Borges.

Our guide Lucia was a delight!

On to Fuego y Vino Cabernet for something from the grille.

There was also a little pork sausage sandwich we made with the dips but I ate it before I could take a pic! Onward down a city sanctioned graffiti street…

…for a finishing touch Helados Italia.

I went for a refreshing lemon herb-y cone.

Decided to walk off my feast and hiked the 8 km back to the hotel with a stop at la Recoleta Cemetery. A second visit for me but you could spend days here in this tiny city of the dead and still be amazed. I love the exquisite relief sculptures on the bronze plaques the most.