El Tigre

El Tigre is a part of Buenos Aires that takes about an hour to get to on the train. It's at the edge of the city, and has an entirely different feel from the microcenter. On Saturday we went to walk around there a little, and I felt like I was in Cambridge walking along the river Cam. Instead of little punting boats they have something that's a cross between a skull and a canoe. There are zillions on the river. Every country that ever sent emigrants to BsAs has a boat house club in a giant gorgeous house that's designed in the traditional architecture of that country. These houses have bazillions of these little boats, and they're all ridiculously gorgeous because they're made of old wood and they're all shiny and cool. The seats on them are designed like the seats in a skull boat, where you can row and your chair moves back and forth, but only 3 people fit in a boat - like a canoe.

We walked around looking at the river traffic - there are also bazillions of tour boats packed with North Americans with cameras and ridiculous visors, and coast guard boats running around saving people that have collided - and enjoying the sun. We also had what was probably my best Helado in BsAs to date... Marissa and Dana, when you guys get here, we're totally going back for more.