Day 9: Buenos Aires

It’s our last day with EF. It’s been such a delight to be with people who truly believe the way to better understanding and world peace is through education and international travel. I will totally cry for you, Argentina. I don’t want to leave your beautiful country.

We had an Argentinian cooking class. (Should I stop complaining about HOW MUCH FOOD there is on this trip?) The restaurant made some of the dishes and we made some.

Trout tartare
Empanadas —I made this one!
Baked Provolone cheese
Salad and cauliflower (in background)
Squash. (This was my favorite.)
Ossobuco it’s the leg of the cow and it’s super tender. It’s something I’ve seen on menus, but never tried.
Tenderloin. (Can you see the flame?)
Chocotorta: chocolate cake layered with dulce de leche

Dulce de leche is HUGE. They have huge tubs of it at breakfast, and it’s on many of their desserts.

Flan: so teeny!
Maté
Still like tea better!
Ingredients for alfajores

Alfajores are the thing Argentinians eat at snack time (around 4 pm.) and, breakfast, and, really all the time. They are two cookies with dulce de leche between, covered with chocolate.

The finished alfajor

EF dropped us off at the airport with our friends who were traveling back to the US. Because we were staying in South America, EF was not responsible to get us to the plane, but we tagged along with our friends to the airport. At check-in, we discovered that there are two airports and we were at the wrong one. 😫 We quickly enlisted an Uber, drove 45 minutes, literally back to the neighborhood where our hotel was, then an additional half hour to the correct airport. Very stressful, but we made it in time for our flight! Whew!

Now we are on the part where we have to figure out everything ourselves and pay everything by ourselves. No more guide, tour director, luxury, hotels, and restaurants.

One thought on “Day 9: Buenos Aires”

  1. In my last comment, I said I could tell how much fun you were having. I think that is what has been different on this trip and a couple others you have done. You really don’t have any responsibilities. When you travel with the kids, there is always a slight stress vibe. Making sure the kids are together, have their passports, have their stuff, etc. , etc. When it is just you and Jim traveling, their is an easyness to it that is really fun. You sharing your good time is diffferent that you sharing your travel experience.
    Can’t wait to see what’s next.

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