BUENOS AIRES Part 4

SATURDAY

Saturday we woke up late and went to the artesania feria in Recoleta, but I only bought a few little things. Afterwards we headed over to Tierra Santa, a hilarious Jesus theme park which I first heard about from PJ’s friend in NYC when we went to a taping of a Conan episode.

Even if I was even remotely religious, I don’t think I could have taken this place seriously. Nevertheless, there were many people there that were lapping up every word on every sign and show. Personally, I thought the mechanized Jesus in “La Ultima Cena” was a bit much. The tour ended in the only way it could, with a 100 foot high Jesus rising out of the ground for his resurrection.

I will add pictures of this when my friends send me them. UPDATE: HERE THEY ARE, POR FIN!
Pic from one of the entrances


Some sort of ancient torture/dentistry


Self-Explanatory


They had those frames you can step into and put your face in - this is Dan doing that


Este nos dio mucha risa!


Being the mature adults we are, we took this theme park very seriously


Finally, the resurrection of the 100-foot Jesus that happens every half hour

Later, I bought the jacket I looked at the other day. That night we went back to Campo del Fiori, but it was much busier, and we got stuck in the corner. In spite of this, I still had one of the best meals I’ve had here (maybe ever?) – Steak, pasta, wine from Mendoza, and never-ending baskets of fresh bread.

Me (rocking my new hat) and Dan

I went to bed at 1 (not long after our fabulous dinner) and got up at 3:30!! to get my early flight, and 8 hours later, I was finally back in Viña.

I ended up buying a Barcelona jersey, a leather jacket and hat, and an Argentina soccer cap, as well as some gifts for my Chilean family and some other people. I don’t think I’ve ever spend that much money in such a short period of time, but everything was so much cheaper in Bs As, that I felt like I needed to take advantage of it (plus it was probably less than the average American girl’s weekend of shopping, and I NEVER buy stuff, so I’m feeling good about it).

Overall, this trip left me a little disillusioned with Argentina (but maybe that was just Buenos Aires). Maybe my trip there in February was too good. This experience definitely made me appreciate Chile more – I actually found that I was missing it a lot by the end of the trip.