We stepped out onto the street into sunshine! I am not looking forward to going back to the English weather to say the least. The weather was going to be perfect for our daily plans - much more outside and things to see than the previous day.
After an extended lunch we headed to a bus stop on the loop that wouldn't take us 2 hours to get around to where we needed to. Many of the shops had now shut. From 100% on Friday night to 60% on Saturday and then to the solemn amount of maybe 20% open on Sunday. I still don't entirely know what Argentinians do all of Sunday. What is clear that it's not working.
We followed a bit of the route from yesterday. Not paying attention entirely before we got to the changeover point. Not long after being on the new route we made it to the riverside. It's a quite bizarre river, we could not see the other side (Uruguay) at all, the colour was a muddy brown. There was a large English style pier with a building situated on top of it. A slight reminder of home.
Many fishermen were spending their time trying to catch fish from the river. For well over a mile they littered the boardwalk. On the other side there was many parks. They were full of people exercising. We continued past Argentina's largest football stadium - the home of River Plate. They didn't seem to have a tour on or anything open so we just continued on the bus.
We eventually got off the bus in an area of plenty of parks. We intended to go into the Japanese Gardens. We got slightly priced out of them, I'm not sure who would want to spend £5 to see some Japanese fish. We had seen a good one in La Serena in Chile anyway for like £1.40 each. We weren't overly fussed about missing this one.
Instead we relaxed in the free (who doesn't like free things?) park. A few people had tied up ropes to try and practice tight-rope walking. It did not look like something I would be partaking in any time soon. Another thing that was being practiced that I wouldn't want to overly do was quidditch. Yes the fantasy game that was invented by J.K. Rowling for the Harry Potter franchise. They did look like buffoons with a half a broom between their legs and throwing plenty of different balls at each other. It was like dodgeball for people who aren't very sporty.
We made use of the nice weather before heading back to the crossover point and with it the way home. The sun was setting, unfortunately not as impressively as the previous night. Buenos Aires is a very aesthetically pleasing city with many parks and well-designed buildings that may have once belonged to aristocracy. This image was further enhanced by the low sun. I can't quite imagine what it would be like in the summer sun and the high temperature it brings. It was definitely the best way to finish our time in Argentina and set us off on the way tomorrow to our final destination.
