The Year of the Run: Running in Buenos Aires

My husband and I are in the great country of Argentina, enjoying the city of Buenos Aires. I started this morning's run with tired feet from several days of sightseeing. Our hotel room doesn't have a tub and I'm too chicken to use the bidet to soak my feet; give me another day or two and I might just change my mind! But they do have breakfast included with the room rate, so that pretty much makes up for the other 2.

Breakfast of Champions! Dulce de Leche for my toast!

We started our run by going to Puerto Madero, a neighborhood flanking a canal of the Rio de la Plata. The water is brown, as we are at the river delta, but there is a beautiful Santiago Calatrava bridge named Puente de Mujer (bridge or woman). I told my husband that he wasn't allowed on it, but he insisted that other dudes were going across, so he did too.

Puente de la Mujer

Proof that a man can go on it too!

Argentinians do love their meat, but Jamon is a close second to beef!

Who knew that I would find the Voyage of the Mimi here!

We ran through some not so scenic parts of town, but for the most part, this is a beautiful city. The architecture is very European and the buildings are stunning.

No idea what this beautiful building is

The French Embassy

We also made it to Floralis Generica, an 18 ton stainless steel statue of a flower. The size of the sculpture was astounding. And and one point in time the petals would open and close with the sunrise and sunset, but the engineers that put it together screwed it up.

The last true "mission" of this run was to go to La Recoleta Cemetery to view Evita Peron's tomb. My plan was to sing "Don't Cry for me Argentina" when I arrived, but being on hallowed ground made me a bit more subdued than normal. The cemetery is absolutely stunning, bearing no comparison to the same mausoleum-type burials from New Orleans.

From there, we made our way to Avenida 9 Julio, the widest street in the world. It has so many lanes, I could not even count them all (it was at least 16 across). It was very impressive and made me glad that we were not trying to drive it.

This was in the middle of the Avenida somewhere.

I think you can only capture the size of the Avenida from above.

We obviously took our time today, plus we started late and ran for several hours. So naturally, we got hungry. And what do you do when that happens? Stop for pizza and beer, of course! We were on a budget (I had a limited amount of cash into my fuel belt), but were able to get a hearty lunch in.