Buenos Aires

We had a good night sleeping despite the weak AC. We left winter and came back to summer. I wanted to do laundry here but the machines were coin operated however no one has coins with recent inflation and there is no price on the machines so I am not sure how to get them to work; furthermore the hotel management company I had been texting did not know how much money it cost. They just told me go to a Chinese grocery store. They also told me that everyone uses the laundromat down the street but the laundry would not be done until evening. They said they could get it rushed and done by 4pm. 

Traffic was packed in the morning and the sun was shining and there were a few customers in cafes. There are cafes all over this neighborhood. The places are not busy however because of the inflation. Last week there had been protests by pensioners getting their pensions decreased and soccer hooligans came out in their support and clashed with police. Now there were barricades around the government building.

The kids did homeschool and when it was time for lunch we wandered over to Chinatown. They went into a couple grocery stores and went to get some Chinese hot pot. 

The restaurant did not have prices and it was cash only. You picked up what you wanted in a hot pot and what you wanted grilled on sticks and they weighed it and that was it. They also had Chinese donuts, youtiaos, and Chinese empanadas. $45 for the four of us. Not bad. The food was excellent. The beef was velveted so it was so soft. We had food to take home.

We stopped to get some boba tea and then dropped the food off at the hotel and then took an Uber to a childrens playground. We walked to another one. The kids had a great time.

We ubered back to the neighborhood and picked up our laundry and to our hotel. The kids are leftovers from lunch and we ordered takeout from the Japanese place downstairs.We check out tomorrow and I go to the airport to get my parents to the Hilton in the morning.

I had hoped to meet up with Dan and Marlene and the Ratays but the plans did not work out. But there are many roads in the world and we may end up meeting up again on one of them.