My day began as a simple trip ti buy a cell phone and became a day of exploring downtown.
This is Avenida 9 de Julio is said to be the widest street in the world, with 16 lanes. The downtown area of Buenos Aires has a New York feel to me. There is a lot of cars, a lot of smog and a lot of tall buildings.
My fellow DC folks might notice something familiar in this picture. This is called the El Obelisco. It was built in May 1936 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first founding of the city.
There never fails to be one of these. I tired the burgers to see if they tasted different. The didn't have much taste ( I mean less than what a McDonald's burger has in The States.) The ketchup was very salty and flavorful though.
I happened upon a movie theater and decided to see a film that had won an Oscar just last Sunday (the directors of the film where actually on my plane too...which is where I first heard about the film). The name of the movie was El Secreto de Sus Ojos. The language barrier made it hard for me to completely follow the plot but the movie was basically about a man trying to solve a murder. I nodded off a few times only because I was tired and because translating is exhausting (it didn't help that the film was 2.5hrs either!!). I probably understood about 1% of the language but thanks to body language I was able to get the gist of what was going on.
Oh, btw, I did end up buying a phone today too : ).
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