Today is the big day - Day 1 of Lollapalooza and to say I am excited is a huge understatement. I was up super early organizing everything we needed including tickets, clothes, some food and money. After we had everything organized Heli and I headed to the bus stop and caught the 60 which would take us all the way to the Hippodrome where the festival was being held. Unfortunately the traffic was horrendous today and the bus ride took nearlly two and a half hours -...

Just 1 day to go until Lollapalooza and I am getting very excited and like always am having trouble sleeping. Today I had a few things to do and the most important was to go see my friend Milena and pick up my tickets for the festival. I am really lucky that I was able to talk my Host Heli into coming so we can travel out to the event together and I have someone familiar to share experience with. After lunch and my exercises I took a bus into the city to see my f...

As today is Sunday and I have a big week coming up and the fact it is pouring with rain outside means I can warrant doing not much today. After a good sleep-in I took an umbrella and went for a quick walk. Heli slept most of the day and when she got up we had lunch together at about 3pm (normal lunch hour here). The rain had eased a bit by late afternoon so I took the chance to go for another walk. In the evening we downloaded a comedy film and chilled out watchi...

This morning I talked Heli into buying a ticket to Lollapalooza - a huge rock festival being held here in Buenos Aires for the first time. Whilst Heli went to pick up her ticket I went for a walk and to get some sun in the park. For lunch on Heli's grandmothers recommendation we cooked Morcilla (blood sausage) stuffed with Raisins and walnuts and a fresh garden salad. Just like a sausage but much fatter the morcilla was placed in the oven for 30 or 40 minutes - u...

As I had got to bed at a reasonable hour lastnight I was able to get up a little earlier then usual. I did a few things on the Internet before heading for a walk to the park to enjoy the sunshine. I took some time in the park to write my blog and work-out a plan for my next lot of travels. After some lunch and a quick workout Heli came back and we decided to go visit Caminito - an art district close to Heli's place. Caminito was interesting enough but very touris...