Even though I was heading home in a week, being away for Father’s Day was a little tough. I went for a run around the Bosques, and as I saw a father and his daughter with a tennis racket in hand getting in the car of her grandfather, the three generations made me want to be at home with my dad and grandpa…but luckily, I didn’t have to wait too much longer.
Later in the afternoon, Flor and I headed to the
Feria de Mataderos. It’s a handicraft fair just outside of the city, and had a more “local” flavor than the ferias in town (San Telmo and Plaza Francia). Some of the vendors were similar – mates, jewelry, etc. – but there was a lot more food for sale and handmade clothes.
llama
folklore singers
dancing folklore
huge parrilla
Flor and I each bought gorgeous ponchos made from goat’s hair (which have proven useful in these cold months in non-insulated buildings).
There was even a “
corrida de sortija” where the gauchos are mounted on horseback and gallop down the street with a stick in their mouth that they have to put through a small ring above their head.
gauchos
Flor with a horsey
Argentine graffiti
We ate tamales norteños and some great home-made empanadas and headed back to the city.
the man is selling cones filled with dulce de leche!
We stopped at the end of the San Telmo Feria, where I had been trying to find some shoes I had seen there before. Rather than finding those specific shoes, though, I did find a pair of high-tops that I absolutely loved. So, Argentina has forced me to buy my first pair of high-tops since my Tweety Bird All Stars in fourth grade.
After buzzing home to drop of my purchases and change, Ana and I went to see the
Les Luthiers show, Lutherapia. This group has been together since the 1960s - always inventing new instruments (as luthiers do) and performing comedic acts. It’s very intellectual comedy and they do a lot of play on words – quite genius!
Teatro Rex
one of their invented instruments
