Today was my big sightseeing day. I took the subway down to Plaza San Martin after class and took pictures there. Just to the north of the Plaza is a monument to the Falkland Islands war between Argentina and Britain. The Falklands (Malvinas, to the Argentines) are controlled by the British, though Argentina says they are Argentine. The citizens of the Malvinas are all British and I think it's just full of sheep farmers. Anyway, Argentina invaded the islands in the early 80's. The military government kept telling the people that Argentina was winning the war, so it was a huge shock for everyone (except the British) when it was all finished and the Argentines had lost. After seeing the memorial, I walked down Florida Street to Plaza de Mayo to watch Las Madres de los Desaparecidos. Every Thursday, the mothers and grandmothers of the people who were "disappeared" by the government march in the Plaza de Mayo. Many of them hold pictures of their kids who haven't been seen in over 30 years. It was really moving.
After the obligatory siesta, a group of us went to Palermo Hollywood to some Peruvian/Japanese fusion restaurant. I had the ravioli stuffed with sweetened duck. It's the only meal I had down here were the portions were tiny. I had 3 (count 'em, 3) raviolis. They were tasty, but come on....3? Then we met some other people at a bar down the street, and some Argentines invited us to a disco. After walking for way too many blocks, we finally arrived at the club. There was a huge line, full of young Argentines. John and I were in no mood to stand in line with a bunch of teenagers, so we grabbed a taxi and headed back to the Shamrock.
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