Sunday Photos from Around Buenos Aires

I went on a different line today and found it to be much more modern. I'm posting this because my other pictures of the "subte" looked a bit like some grim Eastern European city.

I'm waiting for the train and took this self portrait in a mirror on the platform.

On the subway, people come around and hand out booklets, cards, subway maps and pamphlets. They set them right your your lap or your knee! Then they come back and ask for a donation. The passengers are patient and sometimes flip through the offerings and then politely decline them. The sellers usually aren't pushy. It's a funny system.

McDonald's is trying to upgrade it's image here so they have introduced "McCafes" that serve coffee drinks. I tried one out and ordered a double expresso con leche. I'm sorry to report that it was excellent. How do you like the little cookie and glass of "agua con gas."

This is a little detail on a building across from my apartment. Nothing other than a photo I liked.

The skyline here is marred by cell phone towers and power lines. Peter said it was much more expensive to put them underground. But what an eye sore.

Drew and I went to Boedo, a nice neighborhood in the city. He borrowed my camera and shot this. The fence really makes it much more interesting.

We went to a park on Sunday afternoon and rock bands were all over the place blasting away. The park was packed with kids, families, musicians, vendors. Drew has such an appetite for exploring this city. I get a little worn out.

In the middle of all the confusion in the park, this gato was just hanging out with some of his amigos.