Feria de Mataderos & Palermo

Saturday. A perfect day for the Feria de Mataderos. A huge market with various stalls, even with music and dance.

Everything you could wish for. The weather was perfect, so Antonia and Vera (2 roommates of Jonas) went to Liniers where the Feria was supposed to take place. Well...

Because when we arrived, we only saw a few stalls here and there, and it didn't really look like the big event we had been told about.

Well, since we were already there, we decided to take a closer look. It was nice, but not amazing. The earrings were especially interesting for the girls...

Yes, you might think this is typical, but at a price of 5 pesos, which is about 21 cents, it's understandable.

After checking out the few market stalls, we took a short break to think about what else we could do with our day. Hmm...

Then we remembered the neighborhood of Palermo, which is mainly praised in travel guides for its huge parks. It is also a place that would alleviate the hectic atmosphere of the city.

Without hesitation, we went to the bus stop and then took almost an hour and a half to get to Palermo. When we arrived, the weather was perfect. Blue sky, sun, and about 30 degrees Celsius.

Yes, you read that right. We were happy about 30 degrees. Cooler than on other days.

So we started our journey. We passed by an Islamic Cultural Center (Mosque) to get to the beautiful parks of Palermo. Huge meadows, trees providing shade to park visitors, and even artificial lakes with geese and ducks swimming around.

But my highlight of the day was something else. As we walked through a park towards the coast, I noticed a large crowd of people and some music coming from afar. It turned out to be Zumba. Zumba in public, for everyone.

How cool is that? Dear Germany, that would be a great idea!

After quite a walk, we finally reached the coast. However, our water supply ran out faster than we thought. Slowly getting desperate, because we suddenly found ourselves in an industrial area with no supermarket in sight, we kept walking.

Fortunately, we found a diner called 'Trixie' that looked like a typical American diner. The interior was crazy. For me, it felt like being in the USA, but not in Buenos Aires.

Thankfully, they filled our water bottle with ice-cold water. We had never been so grateful for something as simple as water in Germany...

We easily made the rest of the way to the coast from there. Unfortunately, we were a bit disappointed when we arrived. The view was not so inviting. Concrete slabs filled with trash, a bunch of fishermen trying to catch a fish from the murky water, and industries all around.

Not exactly what you hope for when you go for a walk by the coast...

So I navigated us back to the bus stop. As a small conclusion to the day, our bus had a breakdown and everything was a bit delayed.

But hey, we have time ;)