Dinner for two in BA

Buenos Aires

Awesome city! WE arrived to this great place as the launching off point to our backpacking wanderlust type of a honeymoon. Not your tipical all inclusive sit on a beach type of a trip. Funny thing during some of the more challenging points of this journey we have gotten a glimpse of understanding as to why honeymooners like to have it all prearranged and simply veg out on a beach. Regardless, neither Laura nor, I would have planned things otherwise. Ultimately our travels have been pretty smooth and very interesting.

It took us a couple of days to reset our clocks to the 5 hour time change. We were also working off the stressful last week of work. What do you know, Laura got sick shortly after getting to Buenos Aires. I got her cold by the time we were in Chile. Nothing too serious, just sniffles and a cough.

The dollar goes very far in Argentina and the lifestyle is excellent. In Buenos Aires we wandered cool and interesting neighborhoods, went to a soccer game where the stands shook with the fans enthusiasm, checked out a Latin American art museum and visited the Great synagogue of Buenos Aires. It was the first synagogue in South America. Buenos Aires and Argentina have quite a large Jewish population. Oddly enough it is also one of the countries where many of the Nazis took refuge after the war.

Most importantly, Laura and I ate sensational meals. Some of the best food and atmospheres we had ever experienced. We went to a new restaurant each day for dinner. A bottle of wine and a full meal costs about $30-$45 at the nicer restaurants. We varied our spending, but definitely checked out some good spots. The Argentines have an eating out culture. Going to dinner is an experience. Dinner usually starts anywhere from 9pm-11pm and can last until 2am. There were no shortage of restaurants and late night eateries. People sit at their tables and chat over a bottle of wine and appetizer for hours. We tried to fit in, but are so accustomed to our fast US life, where as you are still finishing your last bites, you are asking for the check. Argentines, on the other had may sit at their table and chat after the meal. We also tended to be the first people in the restaurants choosing to eat around 8 or 9pm. It felt odd, that no one was eating at the tables next to us, but by the time we finished and paid, all the tables were usually full.

Then we would walk home through the calm safe neighborhood we were staying in to our cozy hotel.