Today was our visit to the Recolata Cementery and the area of Palermo. We caught the bus from the hostel and made our way to Palermo. The cemetery was huge and in a really nice area of Buenos Aires. There are some famous old graves in the cemetry and you get a map when you go in to see all the famous graves. The woman on the gate was delighted that we were from Ireland and was quick to point out the graves of Admiral Brown and his buddy Father Fahy.
Of course these were the first graves we went to. Admiral Brown was the founder of the Argentinian Navy and is a national hero in Argentina. Father Fahy was a good friend of his and they are placed looking across at each other in the graveyard. The graveyard holds some really important graves like former presidents, all of Argentina´s Nobel prize winners, Government officals and probably the most important the grave of Evita Peron. There was nothing but flowers on the grave and crowds of people there. All the graves are crypts with stairwells downstairs where the bodies are held. There are actually some where you can see the cofins at the bottom of the crypt. Some have actual churches as part of the crypt while others have huge statues dedicated to the person. Recolata is actually a non denominal graveyard which means there are people of all religions buried here and also a church where some people get married so they can be close to their relatives. Crazy stuff...
We tried to head to the La Cabrera steakhouse because it came highly recommended but there was a waiting list and we had to wait for 4 hours. Not the best thing to tell a hungry Joe and Ro. We headed down the street and ended up in an all you can eat steakhouse! You buy a menu for $34 and then you order what ever you want off the menu. A great spot except we didn´t have a clue how to use it and thought we were gonna be charged a huge amount for the dinner! We will have to go back some day and eat our worth!!!
That night we went back to the hostel where I met Seamus Lynott, another lad from Crossmolina! This is one small world! Seamus was heading back to BA just to get a passport which he lost in Boliva and then he was heading onto LA. He had great advice for us on New Zealand and other places and it was amazing to meet him!
We all headed to Club Nicete where a local drama club take it over and put on a show on stage for the whole club. We had a great night with loads of people in the hostel... Our last night in BA was a really amazing one!!!
Charlie
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