Sunday

Well, after spending the morning waking up, blogging, playing hide-and-go-seek in our apartment (which is actually quite possible if you are a small person who can fit into the bottom of closets -- that's not me, by the way) we finally got out in order to see the museum of science. We hoped on the 15 bus and zipped down to Parque Centenario, which is a huge circular park in the Caballito neighborhood. We had a nice lunch at a packed restaurant -- seemed like the family Sunday lunch kind of place. Then we roamed through the artisan fair that runs on weekends, as well as the antiques fair and the book stalls. And before you knew it it was 4 pm and we all looked at each other and said, "Let's head back and watch the big football game -- Boca vs. River." This is like Yankees vs. Red Sox, if the whole world were Boston and New York (which is true for some people), and everyone took sides.

Jonah and I watched the first half in a local cafe, giving us the benefit of quadaphonic (youngsters, we'll tell you about that phrase from the 70s) cheers and howls as River missed a free kick after a questionable foul. But in the end, all was well and peaceful in Buenos Aires: both teams played well and ended with a 1-1 tie.