We are getting up late. That is because we are going to bed at indecent hours. We will have to get in order when we go back home since school will start in three weeks then.
We went to Palermo to the Parques and the Rosedal. It was very neat. There are some parks, lakes with ducks and gardens of roses (rosedales) and they had the good idea of blocking many, many streets and making them available for skaters and rollerbladers and bikers and walkers with dogs and kids. There were people everywhere. People having a picnic; kids, teenagers and adults playing soccer; we even saw a guy rollerbladding and playing castanuelas (sort of what Buzz Lightyear does in Toy Story 3 with his flamenco dance). Very colorful. Blake was introduced to a group of kids playing soccer and they played for a while. Then one of the kids' family offered Blake and Brett a drink and some candy. Everything was dandy, even though it was chili if you weren't in a sunny spot, until it was time to go to the bathroom.
Now you are thinking Meyer Park (or any American park) that has 4 bathrooms, one in each corner, with 5 or 6 toilets. Well, think again. Somebody pointed to some "chemical bathrooms" that were supposed to be someplace. We walked and walked only to find a standard bathroom with 3 toilets and a 20 minute line. (just like the Walmart line!) It took forever of course, so that needs a little improvement if they expect the thousand people that were exercising and playing outdoor enjoying the Friday holidad for Independence Day. I was told that it gets like this every weekend. It reminded me of Rio. Everybody exercises in Rio. It must be the proximity of the beach. You have to keep toned if you are going to enjoy the beach without taking the plunge with all your clothes on.
We also went to the Planetarium A huge dome like building with well, a rounded ceiling where a huge projector shows a 360 degree picture of the sky at night. We saw the "Solar System" show. Needless is to say that they got it all wrong. 5 thousand million years ago, a ball of helium and nitrogen, etc etc and a comet is probably responsible for life on earth. They surely didn't read the Bible. At least they had the common sense to say that the zodiac was nonsense. People seem to ignore that proven fact often here and everywhere. HELLO "In the beginning GOD created the heaven and the earth" Genesis 1:1. Let's start from there. It was a nice experience though. Brett and my mother took a small nap in there too. The darkeness and all. Sometimes you have to pay a ticket to take a nap.
Coming out I recognized a profile in the crowd. It was my first boyfriend from over 27 years ago. I went to say Hi. He is a friend in FB. He was with his son. It's funny how so many years can melt in a second. Hi and goodbye and life goes on. I knew I had to leave Buenos Aires back then for a reason. I can't go anywhere without finding a piece of the past. And you can't move on if you are anchored in the past.
After the planetarium we went to a restaurant in Belgrano called Casimiro. It has a kids' playground and obstacle course, computers with video games and a lady doing face painting. The kids had fun. We went so I could meet my former boss, his wife and daughter. It's a long story, but because this boss fired me, I got to meet Bill, my husband. Interesting how something you think is bad ends up being for your own good. We got to catch up on our lives. When you visit the past, make sure to leave it where it was. And appreciate the present, because that is the only thing we have. And thank you, God, that the past is gone.
We went with my mother to eat out afterwards, it was 9:30pm ( dinner time here). We had empanadas (meat turnovers) and locro ( a stew made of corn, some other beans, meat and bacon, yum! haven't had that in a decade). I went to sleep at 1:30am. I am exhausted. I'll need a vacation after the vacations.
Bill has started playing games with the kids on the computer and they are entertaining each other playing checkers and tick tack toe and other games.
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