Dulce de Leche Brownies

Making dulce de leche brownies with Lucy and Emily from scratch!

MALBA: Beatriz Milhazes

I went to MALBA again on Wednesday with "Cultural Projects" Class and loved this exhibit by this Brazilian artist

La Biblioteca Café

I went to a free 'Jam Session' (open mic night) at La Biblioteca Café last night

Saturday Picnic in the Bosques de Palermo

(got this picture from http://www.argentinaviajera.com.ar/espanol/buenosaires/palermo.html because mine didn't do the Bosques justice)

View from our picnic spot in the Bosques

Homemade guacamole, bread, cheese, salami etc.
Also that man you see in the background with the ice-cream bike kept walking/biking around yelling "Helado"

Uruguay: Montevideo Day 2

Started the day with the Guvrich museum - free entry on Tuesdays!

A piece by Gurvich, a famous Uruguayan artist from Lithuania by heritage

A self portrait in the museum (not a Gurvich piece)

"Without structure there is no art"

"Beso" (Kiss) by Gurvich

A typical Uruguayan soda - grapefruit flavor

Panchos con panceta (hot dogs with bacon) in Plaza Fabini for lunch

Subte - a free underground art exhibition in Plaza Fabini

Air discurso - the exhibit in Subte

The exhibit had something to do with motion and communication

Huge projections of people making demonstrative actions and the recording of the sounds of these motions

Back for more dulce de leche empanadas

Uruguay: Montevideo Day 1

Uruguayan flag

Along the coast

Dulce de leche and chocolate empanadas

French architecture

Plaza Fabini

Uruguay Food Truck

Plaza Independencia

The tango music section in a beautiful bookstore we found

Plaza Constitucion

Mercado del Puerto: meat market in the historic district

Sampling a Uruguayan classic called Medio y Medio - half sparkling wine, half white wine

Trip to Uruguay: Colonia del Sacramento

Colonia del Sacramento is the oldest town in Uruguay, founded by the Portugese. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site, famous for its quant architecture. It was our first stop on our 3 day trip to Uruguay!

The view from BA on our 8am arrival to the dock of Colonia Express in La Boca

Duty Free in the boat

Tree lined, cobble stone streets

You can see Buenos Aires on the right and Colonia straight across from it on the Rio de la Plata

View of the little doc from where we were enjoying the only sun all trip

Chovito for lunch - a typical Uruguayan dish which consists of steak, ham, bacon, cheese and a fried egg on top. 

View of Colonia from the lighthouse