Buenos Aires, Argentina: Part Two

We had such a great time in Buenos Aires in March that we just had to go back! Our primary goal this time around was to eat good food. Like we've said before, Buenos Aires is a mecca of affordable international cuisine.

Here we are in front of Guido's Cafe - where we stuffed our faces with the best Italian food this side of the Atlantic! This place is the real thing- before you even have your coat off, waiters start streaming out of the kitchen, plates brimming with antipasto, pizza, risotto and ravioli. Their prix fixe lunch included 3 desserts and all the wine you could ever want, topping off the afternoon with an espresso. The guide book said this is the place you always search for in Italy and rarely find and we couldn't agree more!



Jack, what's that on your head? Jack at Guido's Cafe: authentic Italian food and ... art.



Jack crossing a typical tree-lined boulevard in Palermo Soho- where everyone goes to shop!


Palermo's streets are lined with a plethora of Argentinian designers' clothing boutiques.


Pear-shaped girl in front of a pear-shaped tree!


Jack in front of some cool graffiti


In the afternoon after lunch time, you can see portenos (residents of Buenos Aires ) walking down the streets smoking cigarettes and sipping mate tea with a silver metal straw (bombilla) from a hollowed-out and ornately decorated gourd called a "mate" or "guampa"


Street vendor cart with thermoses brimming with mate.


Buenos Aires is known for its architecture- check out this amazing building


Jo just outside the zoo in the Retiro neighborhood.


Every Sunday Plaza Dorrego in the San Telmo neighborhood hosts a sprawling Antiques Fair. We had a blast perusing aisle upon aisle of this collector's paradise. There is everything from antique silverware to gramophones to vintage jewelry to colorful soda siphons.