Slept late this morning, not getting up until almost 7:00 am. The sun had been up for an hour or more. I let Stephen sleep and went down around 8:00 am for breakfast in the restaurant. I had the eggs Benedict with a side of bacon. The bacon was border-line burnt, the eggs hard, the Hollandaise sauce had WAY too much lemon, the coffee tepid and neither the salt or pepper shakers dispensed. Besides that, I was almost alone in the restaurant but when a couple arrived, they set them right next to me, totally destroying my peaceful meal.
After that poor experience, I sat by the empty pool and read for awhile.
Stephen T and I were scheduled for a "Panoramic Tour of Buenos Aires". We spent the next four hours, mostly on a bus trying to see the sights as we whizzed by them.
We stopped twice. Once at the first cemetery in Buenos Aires. Full of mausoleums, including Evita's.
Evita's tome, her casket is 10 feet below the surface.
In many of the mausoleums, you could see the caskets. The rules of the cemetery are that you can build your mausoleums as tall as you wish, but no more that 30 feet below the surface. Several had stairways going down to the crypts.
Some were in very poor condition due to lack of upkeep.
Later we stopped at the Caminito, a street museum and a traditional alley, located in La Boca, a neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The place acquired cultural significance because it inspired the music for the famous tango "Caminito", composed by Juan de Dios Filiberto. It reminded me of the French Quarter. I bought a leather wallet as a souvenir.
I was looking for a new leather belt. What else would you buy in Argentina, if not leather??? I ended up buying a wallet embossed with Flamingo dancers. It cost 1,100 pesos ($18.00).
The ship was scheduled to depart at 6:00 pm, but it was not until nearly 7:30 pm that we pulled out of port. Sarah did recover the luggage bag that had been left in Houston.
Tomorrow is Montevideo, Uruguay. We arrive at 0800 hours and depart at 1800 hours. Stephen T and I are doing a overview tour starting at 0930 hours.
