San Isidro

Yesterday we went to San Isidro which is a town in the Buenos Aires Province right outside of the city. It's a beautiful town with cobbled streets and old single-story colorful houses. Some were Spanish colonial looking even though after Argentina got their independence the citizens tore down a lot of the Spanish looking buildings.

We started at the heart of the town which is Plaza Mitre with it's neo-gothic San Isidro cathedral. The cathedral used to be Spanish-colonial looking but they renovated it after the independence so it looked more European.

We walked around the town and saw the river as well.

FUN FACT: Many of the houses are pink because back in the day, people couldn't get colored paint so they mixed white paint with cow's blood. Delish...

After our tour we were able to get lunch and walk around the feria (fair/market). There was such good food!!  I got a huge ham and cheese crepe at a food stand and it was DELICIOUS!! They made it infront of me and put seasonings on it and everything. 

Then we walked around a bit- I got a ring and alpaca socks!! They're so comfy and warm! Costed me about $50 pesos but they're worth it.

Then we went to Villa Ocampo which is a house that used to be owned by a woman named Victoria Ocampo who was a writer and intellectual from the early 1900s. She loved modern architecture and design and learned how to drive a car before it was acceptable for women.

She moved form her modern-looking house in Palermo into this house after her aunt died.

I honestly wish I knew more about why we went here but I really don't. I think it was just another thing to do and see in San Isidro.The property was very beautiful and relaxing though.

After that we took a bus to a really nice restaurant on the water. It was such a pretty view and they gave us unlimited tea, coffee, hot chocolate (which here is just hot milk and a chocolate bar), ham and cheese sandwiches, and pastries like croissants and cookies. 

Stole some sandwiches for dinner tonight!!

We all met up that night to go out for Sheridan's 21st birthday! We went to this Mexican restaurant called La Fabrica del Taco. It was nice but a bit pricey. One big chicken taco was about $24 pesos which is like $4 USD. It also took about an hour and a half to get our meals. Oh well!

We had margaritas, daiquiris and mojitos and had a good ole time! 

After that we went to a bar next door called Chuppito. It was fun and pretty inexpensive. There were TONS of shots which my girls gladly took advantage of. We also shared a huge margarita!!

The birthday girl and we were getting a bit tired so we decided to head home a little early (aka like 2am).

Lame chicas :(