Woke up to a beautiiful day! Must be the Ray and Brayden weather fairy. Cooler...no humidity. .. Blue skies...saw Lauri at one stop...but missed seeing Andrea...saw Jim and Pam at breakfast and on the boat and saw Beth on the boat with them.

We left about 9am and went out into the northern suburbs which are the wealthier places to live about 20 miles outside of BA following the Rio Plata.

The initial suburbs seemed to be condos.. Most Argentians own. Two bedrooms go for about $150k. They shun
mortgages. Parents start them off on small places and then they trade themselves up.

As we got a bit farther out, we stopped in a small town with a cathedral surrounded with large estates. Many of the streets had private security in little guard houses. The houses had bars on the windows and iron gates around the property.

Many of the homes were huge. Others were lovely and good sized attached homes. Some overlooked the river. As we
drove into Tigre, there were many rowing clubs, an amusement park, and many restaurants.

The Tigre area is a delta with vacation homes, some mansion size, some shacks, some hotels, with swimming and general vacation living just a stone's throw from the city. It is accessible by highway, train, bus.

All in all, a lovely day and further proof of a very high quality of life. What further surprised me was the extent of English influence in culture and architecture in this area adding to the cosmopolitan flavor of BA.

We were back in our room by 2pm. Will try to repack and will then wander the neighborhood and relax today.