Barrio Norte, Retiro and Puerto Madero

It rained again this morning but stopped about the time we were ready to go exploring.  Today's tour was a walking tour of Barrio Norte, Retiro, and Puerto Madeo.  This is the very center of BA with lots of traffic, shops, restaurants, bars, colleges, and sky scrapers.  We saw old churches, palaces now used for offices, and lovely, shaded parks.  Plaza San Martin has a statue commemorting General San Martin who is to Argentina as George Washington is to the US.

We lunched beside the Rio de la Plata (La Plata River) and enjoyed the old wood ships and odd shaped pedistran bridge named Puente de la Mujere.  Its form supposedly reminds one of a male dancer pressing into his female partner in homage to the tango.  I don't see it!

We probably walked 5-6 miles before grabbing a taxi back to the apartment for naps.   It didn't help that we drank two bottles of wine with lunch.  Our new favorite white wine is called "Torrontes" (tore- rrrr-ron-tays).  Susanna and I are ready to ditch the guys and go shopping soon!