We sailed into the industrial harbor in Buenos Aires this morning. Our tour, "Tigre Delta & River Cruise" left at 10am. I had done this a couple of times before when flying down here but Rebecca had not seen it. Tigre is a town where Parana River flows into the delta and there are many little islands separated by narrow strips of water that is navigable by narrow boats. There are no roads or cars on these small islands but people live along the water on them. The only way to get to there houses is via water taxis. Boats pick up the kids for school, pick up their trash, and there are even boats carrying groceries (small stores on boats). Since it is Sunday the river was alive with all kinds and sizes of boats. The families living along the river were out by the water relaxing and cooking asada. An asada is an Argentine barbecue with all kinds of meats and Sunday is when they cook it for sure. My photos will tell more about this tour than words can. On the bus ride there we drove through the most affluent area of north BA where huge mansions are and the rich live. We stopped in San Isidro to visit the plaza where there were numerous antique stands set up on the weekends and visited a beautiful cathedral. On the way back to the ship they dropped Rebecca and I off at the Marriott Hotel in BA. Regent is operating a free shuttle bus from the cruise terminal to the Marriott. We walked down the two pedestrian only streets of Florida and Lavalle stopping at a place to have a couple of empanadas (meat pastries) for our late lunch. I also wanted to check the restaurant I was planning to go for dinner tonight. We are taking Goren, the Asst Food & Beverage Mgr) and his wife, Erica, the Executive Concierge, out for dinner with us tonight. I wanted to take them to my favorite restaurant for beef, El Establo. But discovered that it is closed for the holidays (it is summer here) until Feb 29th. So then had to come up with a backup place. Another favorite place of mine, Brocollinos, is Italian and it will be open or there is another beef place that is good. So will have some choices.
We have no tours scheduled tomorrow during the day but will be going to a tango show at 8pm. We may go do some more walking around the city during the day however.
