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I was able to carry all my luggage onto the flights…yeah!  American Airlines was running behind schedule and that can be challenging when the connection is very tight….but with 60 people on board connecting in Miami, I could only hope they would hold my plane.  And of course the two gates were at opposite ends of a very long terminal.  I was lucky enough to get 2.5 seats to stretch out over and I was able to get some sleep.

Passport control was rather slow but not too  bad since I was ready to pay my $131 entrance fee to Argentina….plenty of grumbling from the crowd.  Got money from a machine…$15 AR fee…a bit steep.  Convinced the bus company girl that they really do go to my accommodation and caught the  bus straight away.  Megan was sitting on the front stoop!

We took the bus to La Boca, the colorful part of old B.A. and watched Tango shows in various restaurants.  We found a cute place to stay in San Telmo when we come back in a couple of days.  We took the  subway back to Palermo during rush hour…happy to report we did not get groped or pick pocketed.

Went to a nice restaurant for a late dinner…steak for me, red wine for Megan.

We  caught the noon ferry to Colonia, Uruguay…about 1.5 hours across the river from B.A.  Perfect weather so far.  We walked every cobblestone street and enjoyed this old port town.

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