Trip to Buenos Aires - December 2004
The intrepid travelers, Mary and I, left on Christmas Eve to visit Gracielle at her yet unfinished house remodeling project in BA. We arrived Christmas morning and were a bit disconcerted that it had been warmer and dryer in San Francisco. By Boxing Day the rain stopped however and by the time we left it was 96 degrees Ferhenheit - and raining at home.


Mary in Texas
Plane change in Texas
and a well deserved quaff
Jess in Texas
Well, they don't serve
Margaritas in BA, do they?
Air View
Our first View of BA
- and the rain
Arrival
Waiting for the airport taxi
good morning
Welcome!
moneylesson
Mary gets a money lesson
naptime
Siesta Time,
camping style
Ambrosetti 231
The outside of the House
walkintheparik
First Evening Walk
local market
Local Fruit Market at night
market
The inside of the market
The A train
The 3rd oldest
Underground in the world
A train
And it's called the A Train,
next stop: San Telmo
san telmo poser
Do you believe this?
san telmo juggler
A Street Juggler
clasicaymoderna
Wonderful restaurant/music
venue frequented by
'middle aged intellectuals'
HAPPYNEWYEAR

We had a memorable
New Year's Eve...
happynewyear
around Gracielle's
dining table!
morningchat
The morning after
thedelta
A boat trip on the Delta
coastguard
Delta Coast Guard
the delta
Delta scene
the delta
Old boats
the delta
more Delta views
the delta
and more
the delta
I just kept snapping...
the delta
more Delta views
river boat
The river boat
TiigreAtNight
A street in Tigre
Ferry
Ferry to Colonia
del Sacramento, Uruguay
CityWall
Colona's city gate
fortress
The old fortress street
cannon
The cannon
calledessuspiros
Calle des suspiros
mary-jess
The tourists
oldkitchen
Museum kitchen
plaza
Old town plaza
convent-faro
lighthouse in convent ruins
farostairs
long walk up
rooftops
View from the top
lookingintohouse
looking into someone's home
portugeseroom
Portugese house museum
bedroom
the bedroom
portugesekitchen
Mary likes the kitchen
bluewhatle
Remains of a very
old blue whale
lunchbreak
lunch with new friends
from Brasil
eldrugstore
jazz with lunch
whereslunch
Ask us about the lunch service
photographer
Art on the beach
laplaya
La Playa
jessinwater
the water was great
maryinwater
not bad for January
la playa
There's alwas one great photo!
ONDA.
'Dancing' in the van
bullring
The old bull ring
marina
Marina at the
Colonia Yacht Club
marinarestaurant
the Marina restaurant
tourgroup
Our tour group
farewell colonia
'Final shot in Colonia
carseats
except for the cars
- click for a few more
puertomadera
Back in BA -
at la Puerta Madera
conrad herwig
Conrad Herwig at local jazz club
conradherwig
with backup
conradherwig
another
cafetortoni
Last day & the Cafe Tortoni
cafetortoni
Oldest cafe in BA
backroom
The back room
tortoni theatre
the cafe theatre
tortoni
they're kind of set
up for tourists
tortoni
equal time
drycleaners
Finally, some opulent
buildings: This is
a dry cleaners
waterdept
Gracielle's favorite
building, the Water Dept.
HotelChile
the Hotel Chile
opulence
Another hotel on
Avenida de Mayo
Farewell BA
and...Flying away