A visitor comes to stay ....

Sorry for the lack of blog entries .... I'm finally beginning to settle into Buenos Aires and very much enjoying the long awaited, true arrival of springtime which is very rapidly turning into a boiling hot summer ... I have lots of photos to update with, but will start back in early Sept.... Francis arrives after a long voyage on foot and by sea which you can read all about on http://www.positiveworks.blogspot.com/ he has timed it perfectly and seems to skip very nicely from a northern hemisphere summer into the last days of a southern winter. (ps-I think you can click on any photo if you want to see it bigger) ...and that's it... hoorray spring is here and I can put my coat away and begin to flock to the parks and markets to enjoy the beautiful, mild weather and everything that a Buenos Aires spring has to offer. Below are pictures from the arts and crafts market in the famous Recoleta part of town: Maté cups

Live music in the parks for all the city folk to enjoy on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Steak time again, and they keep getting bigger ...

Watching a bit of folk music in a down town buenos aires joint .....

Another walk in the botanic gardens, aka the cat refuge. Although the place is absolutely full of cats, they dont seem to socialise very much!

Francis making friends with the locals.

We walk into the butchers to buy a small piece of meat ... and the extremely friendly butcher ends up emptying out his whole fridge to set the scene for the classic Argentine shot.

Watching the rugby world cup, Argentina vs Ireland, and these boys just dont seem to do it in quite the same manner as the Brits do .... milkshakes all round lads!