Fería de Mataderos

Today we took the bus for about an hour to the outskirts of the city to a province called Mataderos (one of the poorest parts of town) where they have a festival every Sunday. There were many little shops of handcrafted goods and lots of food! I had the best tamale I have ever had and some strawberries with popcorn on them. For the festival you can dance in the street to their famous dances or  watch the people on the stage. This festival brings together all of the uniqueness from each region of Argentina and puts it all in one place. It was a blast to walk the streets and watch the people make bags of leather, paint pictures, and many other handicrafts. This is the festival of gauchos and the way people were dressed was amazing!

The beautiful Argentinos dancing in the street!

Llama rides?! How cool!

Professional dancers on the stage!

 After walking this all day we took the bus back to Cabildo and then the Subte to Palermo. We relaxed in the mall, had a smoothie and walked around. The city is mostly shut down on Sundays so there wasn’t much to do, but we explored more of Palermo. Then we had to come home and do our homework :(

Today was very cold (about 58 degrees), but with the tall buildings in the city blocking the sun, it made for a freezing day. Tomorrow the high is 56 and I will be wearing my coat most definitely :) That’s all for today, gotta study!