Yesterday was a quiet day. I got up fairly early to pack everything together, have breakfast and check out by 10am.

After check out I just hung out at the hostel with a couple of the other girls I met whilst I was there- Juliana from Holland and Carolina from Germany. We just talked about our travels and what we do back home. My new friend came and sat with us too.

All of us were off to BA in the afternoon but all of us were going different ways on buses and planes.

My bus was supposed to leave at 330pm but it was delayed by an hour and then shortly after setting off the bus was stopped at a police checkpoint and one of the guys had to open a box of goods he was taking with him. It seemed to take forever before we actually got going. But the bus was amazing – fully reclining seats, food and beverages provided. I slept pretty well for a bus journey and would definitely travel by bus again. The journey took around 18 hours.

When I arrived in BA I had a few hours to kill before I could check into my apartment – I decided to go Air bnb as I’m here for a week and it was only a couple of pounds more than a bed in a hostel. So I dropped my bags off at the storage place in the bus station and did my own walking tour of the city – not sure what all the buildings are but one was the Argentinian version of Harrods and the other the ‘pink house’ where Eva Peron addressed her public.

I also saw some of the local guards – they walked past when I was in Plaza de Mayo

I found a little park to have a rest before picking up my bag and getting a taxi to the apartment.

The apartment is gorgeous – it’s just a one bedroom flat but it’s right in the centre of town and close to everything.

This evening there is a concert going on at the Teatro Colon which is just by my flat. I went out and watched from the street for around an hour – it’s really good, a huge orchestra and this is the main singer (I don’t know who he is):

A lady came on and sang ‘Don’t cry for me Argentina’ in Spanish and it sounded beautiful and obviously very fitting.

Tomorrow I’m hoping to go and visit a Rancho.