Yes, the party has now begun. What a great group! We went down to breakfast and met poor sick Betty and Beth in the lobby. Hugs all around! Betty and Beth joined us for breakfast and we went on to the opera house tour. It was good, but no Sydney Opera house tour. It is certainly impressive and worth seeing.we then went on to the Malba Museum, the Latin fine arts museum where you can find works by Diego Rivera, Frieda Kahlo, etc. It was small but worth a stop. We then took a taxi over to Florida street for the "great" shopping. It was great if you want to dress like Snookie. The leather shops had crappy looking stuff that I would never wear and it looked
poorly made and was expensive. On top of all of this, we
were in the middle of a large scale demonstration with riot police. This was not a good experience.Doug and I got our arses out of there and found a cab driver who had no idea where the Hyatt was. We gave him instructions and exited a
few blocks from the hotel.

Doug made a beeline back but I decided to slowly wander back. Ahh...here were the good leather shops with the Hermes copies with butter soft leather for under $200. I did
some damage...heaven knows where I'll find room in my suitcase. I may be wearing all of my clothes on the plane. You just can't have enough shoes.

The rain threatened but never came ( probably because we lugged an umbrellla all day) and the day was just terribly
humid. We called Pam and Jim and Beth and Betty to see if they wanted to join us for afternoon snacks on the terrace. One nice thing about the Hyatt is that we have a great
outdoor courtyard. We all met except for Betty and had a lovely visit with one another until about 7 when we all went up to get ready. At 8, we all, including flat Crystal, met in the lobby ready to begin our First of many Zodiac get togethers. It was great seeing Marc and Arlene and Frank and Wendy again and finally seeing Lauri and meeting new folks. We look forward to Ralph, Brayden, Ngaire and Ken completing the group.

Tomorrow, a number of us are taking the Tigre boat tour. Andrea and Lauri have a private tour, Doug and I have a private tour, and Beth, Betty, Jim and Pam are on a group tour. We aren't sure if we are on the same boat or not. So, it will be fun to see. Others, are going to wander the city. Maybe some of us will catch up for dinner? We have to pack and get up very early the next morning for our flight to Ushuaia, so we'll see. Night!