San Telmo Market and Boca Jr football match

Everything is closed on Sundays in Buenos Aires, so I was scared there would be little to do, but I could not have been more wrong.

San Telmo (one of the districts) is completely closed to cars, and they have a massive market. It was no other market I had ever been to. Of course, there were many stalls selling old junk such as obsolete mobile telephones, type writers, and black and white TV sets; and there was a busker on just about every corner playing all types of different music, but what really made it stand out from all the other markets in the world was the number of people who had themed stalls. For example, there was a man dressed as Neptune and surrounded by women dressed as mermaids. There was a family dressed as Eskimos sitting around an igloo. We also saw Peter Pan, and Captain Hook, amongst others. And the most bizarre part about it was that they were not selling anything. I suppose they were there purely for atmosphere.

After the market, we were bussed over to Boca (one of the poorest districts) to watch the local football team in action. It was a very agitated atmosphere. The local fans were taunting the away team constantly, which helped me learn a few rude words in Spanish. The only part about it which I really could have done without was how the away fans were retaliating. Because of the way the stadium was set up, the away fans were directly above us, so they would spit (or at least I hope that's what it was) and drop things on us. In the end, Boca won 3-1, securing their place at the top of the league.

For dinner, we finally found a place that sold really nice Argentinian meat. I had the biggest steak I've ever had in my life, and we shared a bottle of wine, but that still only cost me 7 pounds!