Day in Recoleta

Today we had a lazy morning and we enjoyed breakfast with Gisella.  As we were eating, she asked what we were going to do for the day.  We wanted to go downtown to the center, and we asked if she wanted to join us.  She agreed!  Paul and I were so excited to have a local giving us a tour.  We took the train 45 min. to Once.  Then we hopped on a very full bus, like so full that the door could not close because my butt was in the way and hanging out the door.  After a few stops, we were able to move in the bus.  After riding that for 15 minutes, we got to Recoleta.  We went into an art gallary and to the cemetary.  The cemetary was very freaky.  The cemetary is filled with gaudy mausoleums that are all very creepy.  Each of these mausoleums would contain a whole family.  You could look inside these mausoleum where there would be either stacks of coffins or a staircase leading down to a chamber of caskets.  Only the rich could afford to be buried there, and families would have to basically pay a mortgage to have their "death houses" maintained.  You could tell which families had died out or were no longer paying off their mausoleum mortgages because some of the mausoleums had been overgrown or broken into without being fixed.  These were the creepiest.  There were many famous people like presidents, writers, generals, and other important people buried there (Eva Peron or "Evita" probably being the most well-known).  It was pretty awesome.  We found a park bench to sit on and Gisella and Paul enjoyed mate.  We were greeted by a Brazilian women who did a street preformance for us....it was crazy!!  What an experience.  Then we came home and had dinner.  After dinner we watched the Argentina vs Costa Rica futbol game!  Argentina won and will very luckily be going on to the next round of the Copa America.  Another busy but great day.