We spent our third day in the Microcentro barrio, known as the central business hub in Buenos Aires and famous for its Plaza de Mayo, where many political speeches - and protests - have been made. We started the day be checking out a plaza whose name slips our minds and apparently that of our guide books. From there, we circled the world famous Teatro Colon. This theatre is regarded as one of the top 5 opera houses due to its magnitude, acoustics and architectural excellence. Unfortunately, the building is under construction for another several months so we were not able to do the tour or gain a full appreciation of this building. Nonetheless, it was still spectacular looking and worth the visit.
From the theatre, we crossed Avenida 9 de Julio, which is the world’s widest avenue. It took three street lights to cross, but in the middle of crossing we were able to view and snap a photo of El Obelisco, which was built in 1936 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Buenos Aire’s founding. After finally crossing Julio, we tucked into the popular business lunch cafe, the French styled Brasserie Berry. Here we experienced a classic Buenos Aires lunch, which is a standard three-course meal on a set-price, always static menu. I had a perfectly done, thinly cut steak and Angela had a quiche that she described as the richest and best quiche she’d ever had. We were also served coffee and had ice cream and chocolate mousse for dessert. Total price about $14USD.
After settling our tab at Brasserie Berry, we fled by foot to the pedestrian street Florida that crosses right through the middle of Microcentro. This street is filled with boutique shopping, restaurants, street vendors, bookstores and two shopping malls in buildings from the 1800’s. We stopped into the beautiful Galerias Pacifico to do some shopping and site-seeing, but didn’t purchase anything. I made a few purchases at the local stores along Florida, which did nothing to slow Angela’s concern that she was yet to find any clothes for herself.
After a few hours on Florida, we cabbed back to the area surrounding our apartment, deciding to save Plaza de Mayo and everything that comes with it for another day. We decided to stay local for dinner at a restaurant called Duero. Duero is a fine bar, cafe and proper restaurant all in one. We both had a cheese and onion empanada as our appetizer, which was the first time either of us had tried this delicious treat. We ordered a bottle of malbec along with our dinner, where I had another mozzarella pizza and Angela had the ricotta filled ravioli covered in alfredo sauce with diced pieces of fried ham, two slices of crispy bacon layered on top, and freshly shredded parmesan-reggiano sprinkled all over the top. Healthy. Either way, it was another fantastic meal and Angela had discovered another dish that proves bacon makes any meal better. For the third night in a row, we were both so full we could barely walk, so we called it a night.
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