After another hearty breakfast at Posada Palermo at which Kate joined us, we went out and about, walking to the Buenos Aires Zoo. It’s interesting but in a sad state of disrepair and the animals seem not to have much room. [picture of Snow Leopard below] We picked up Kate’s TEFL [Teaching English as a Foreign Language] certificate. After visiting the zoo, we walked onto the Cemetary where Eva Peron is buried [picture of one visitor below, also]. And we saw a dog walker who was handling some 8-10 dogs from his bike [it’s apparently a good way to make a liveing, at $20 per dog per week]. Later, Mark and I went out to dinner [not that we were hungry] and returned to Velvet, a restaurant in the area. I wanted to try an Argentine steak so ordered one [excellent] and a red wine which, just as last night, arrived filled to the brim. And glancing over to others who ordered wine saw that they too were filled to the brim. After having been used to 1/2 glass of wine in the US for $10 US [approx] it was pretty amazing to receive a completely full glass of wine for one-third of the price. And it’s excellent, Argentinian wine.
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I’d forgotten about the full-to-the-brim way of serving wine. It really makes those places in the US and elsewhere which serve a whopping three tablespoons of wine in a giant glass seem chintzy. Try the potatoes while you’re there. The Argentines just have a way with potatoes. It makes up for the lack of green vegetables.
Given the amount of steak we were given and the amount of wine poured, I was lucky to down one or two of those tiny potatos but they were good!