Our exploration of the amazing Iguassu Falls finishes at 2:15pm and we are back in Brazil by 3pm, and at the hotel 30-minutes later. Now very tired from the extensive walking alongside the Falls, we relax in our room before having dinner at 7:30pm. The steak this evening is not as good as the previous night, but there is excellent fish and very tasty creme caramel. We meet a West Bromwich Albion fan who is on his way to Machu Picchu. In the late afternoon and early evening, there is a thunderstorm.

 

 

We have a quick breakfast this morning with a bus departure time of 6:30am. The bus again takes us to the Brazil/Argentina border as we are flying to Buenos Aires on a domestic Argentinean flight. Check-in for flight AR 1735 is not smooth as some of the group (including us) are aggressively informed that their luggage is over the 15kg allowance. Mark has to pay the excess for us to be checked-in, although he is certain TITAN would have paid in advance for 23kg. There is lax security and chaotic boarding before we take-off at 9:23am. There are excellent views of the Falls from the Boeing 737-800, and also of Buenos Aires and the river before we land at 11am.

After a long wait for our luggage, there is a long walk to the bus. This only takes us to within 150-yards of our hotel, requiring us to pull our cases over a very bumpy surface, Our room (613) at the Pulitzer Hotel is not ready and we spend some time unsuccessfully attempting to pay for this evening's tango show by credit card. We leave our luggage with the hotel's reception and walk to the nearby Plaza General San Martin with its statue of Jose de San Martin (above - the liberator of much of South America) and the grand building of the Circulo Militar (a social club). Also in the square is an establishment called Rapanui, where we get very tasty ice creams. We continue our independent exploration of the city by walking to the main shopping area - Florida Street is a mile-long pedestrian area with fascinating shops and fascinating individuals, many of them illegally touting to exchange foreign currency. We restrict our purchases to a licence plate and an adapter

Returning to the hotel's street (Maipu), we find a specialist coffee shop (below left) and then return to the hotel where we are finally able to use a credit card for this evening's entertainment. This takes place at El Viejo Almacen where we have a 3-course meal that includes excellent tenderloin with bordalaise sauce and potato gratin. Afterwards we enjoy a spectacular tango show

Another sunny day that begins with a basic breakfast in the basement of the hotel at 7:30am. Afterwards, we drag our luggage to the bus, which departs at 9:20am. A city tour passes a number of imposing buildings and monuments before we arrive at La Recoleta Cemetery

Floralis Genérica is a sculpture made of steel and aluminum located in Plaza de las Naciones Unidas.  It was created in 2002. The sculpture was designed to move, closing its petals in the evening and opening them in the morning, but apparently it is currently broken