Such a cool city. Doug and I had Paella at a restaurant in the Recoleta area which is near the Hyatt. It was great. At 9:30 our driver came into the restaurant and told us he was here to take us to the hotel for the tango show. So, off we went to this over the top hotel in Puerto Madero, Faena, to this clubby atmosphere.

Even though the guidebooks warned about the cab drivers, we have had the nicest experiences. They have all been delightful during our 3 days here and we have taken lots of cabs. Go figure.

Met some ladies in the ladies room (logical that they weren't men) at the Faena who are on the Azamara ship leaving from BA in 2 days. Instead of flying to Ushuaia, they are put up in a BA hotel, which they said wasn't very nice, then they go to the falls, come back to BA and the cruise leaves from here for Antarctica. I wonder if we'll run into them? They said another ship leaves from Santiago.

The show wasn't cheap...$190US pp including transportation and all the beverages you wanted and a 90 minute show. The room was intimate but not packed tightly.it was great. There was singing, sexy dancing and a great band. We came out to pouring rain and our cheerful driver whisked us back to our hotel. Once we arrived, we entered our suite to find
decorated with rose petals, a bouquet of flowers, candles, and they left us champagne and truffles. It's nice being platinum!

This room is so high tech, we then had to call for assistance to help us figure out how to work the lights and then the rain storm became so bad that our penthouse room started leaking. We plugged up the leak and tucked in and decided that this is a pretty incredible city. It was midnight. Prime time shows were just coming on tv. The night was young. What a place.

I hope it doesn't rain too much tomorrow. I do want to walk the neighborhoods tomorrow. Good thing I haven't an inch of space in my suitcase. I could do serious damage here...I'm already suggesting BA as a retirement option to Doug and he didn't say no. He really liked the tango show. maybe some tango lessons are in our future?