Day 232 - BsAs: City of book shops

After a sweet breakfast where M filled up on medialuna (basically croissants with a sweet glaze), alfahores (shortbread with sweet caramel filling, sometimes coated with chocolate), and coffee, we headed out for the day. Another overcast rainy day, but this time we were prepared, even with the rain it is much better walking and sight seeing weather than the heat of Sunday.

First stop was El Ateneo, a famous bookshop that was originally an old theatre. It is a beautiful building and very interesting with the balconies all being used to house books. K bought 3 novels in Spanish for $30, a bargain compared to books back home. BA has bookshops everywhere, very noticeable since they are so thin on the ground in Australia. We wandered around the famous Florida Street and had lunch by the river (some Argentinean delicacies - K had an empanada, M had ice cream!).

Dinner that evening was steak once more - we'll see how many steaks we can eat in a row before we need a change (not many Indian or Thai restaurants here), at the moment we're pretty happy with the national dishes of this country!