We stopped back through Buenos Aires for a couple of days before heading down to Patagonia. We stayed again in San Telmo, but set up lunch on Friday with a friend of a friend who has an office in Palermo. We took our first ride on the Subte for all of $1.10 each. That’s pesos, so it was barely more than a quarter. Very easy; trains were a lot like the el in Chicago.
We explored a lovely park, then met Juergen for lunch. Juergen’s originally from a small town outside of Munich, met our friends Sandy and Eric while living in the San Francisco bay area, and has lived for the past four years with his wife and two kids outside of Buenos Aires. Lunch was great, and we enjoyed learning more about the country and the culture from someone who’s living it.