Final Post from BA

On Saturday when we got home from Palermo Soho after saying goodbye to our new friends, while thinking about our final two days ahead in BA, I said to John, "Let's see if Shirley and Gary want to meet us for lunch on Monday at Quintaro down the street where they have the pretty good pizza."  He agreed and, I sent off an email to them. At the exact same moment, I received an email from them inviting us to their apt. for dinner Sunday evening.  So, good bye was not quite good bye yet.  We accepted all around.

Sunday morning I made a last visit to the Coto supermarket for a few edibles to get us by until Monday night.  And, our rental agent Alfredo, stopped by to chat and return our deposit.  I am pleased to give a plug for Alfredo - he's a great guy and we were very pleased with the apartment and his services.  If you ever plan a visit to BA, here's his web site:  http://discoverba.com/  Tell him Jeannie & John sent you.

We caught the bus to Plaza Italia again and walked to Shirley and Gary's  They also invited their other new friend Enid, whose apartment they rented when they first arrived.  She is a delightful lady from Vail, Colorado and we enjoyed meeting and visiting with her.  Dinner was cooked by chef Gary (lucky Shirley) - it was a country paella with toasted garlic tomato bread and lots of vino.  The paella was absolutely delicious and we have to congratulate Gary on this accomplishment in their tiny kitchenette.

After dinner we took our wine up to the roof top terrace for the sunset.  I did not bring my camera along (can you believe that?) and so Shirley, who is as avid a photographer as I am, sent me some pictures of a previous sunset and it looks just about like what we saw.  She also took pictures of the paella for me.  So - all the pictures on this blog post are by Shirley.  Thank you sister!

Today, our last day, Shirley and Gary came over and we went to the pizza/pasta restaurant.  We shared good conversation, food and wine for the last time before our departure in just a few hours.  We surely enjoyed having new friends while in BA - and we know that we will see them again.

We loved Buenos Aires and I don't know how five weeks went by so fast.  BA, of course, has many problems but if they ever straighten out their economy, corruption, graffiti and trash in the city, it will be out of this world.  As it is right now, it's a wonderful and beautiful place to visit. It has color, character and soul.  I hope that we can return some day.  We shall see.