Double your brothers

Saturday, October 8th: Buenos Aires, Argentina

• We went for a walk / jog through a nearby park and around the river in the morning. It was brisk out and the gusts of wind hurled dust in our faces multiple times. We started to notice some of the street art and a variety of interesting bird species here. 

• After breakfast at the lounge (where we made ourselves dulce de leche lattes), we walked through the city toward Palermo to hit the gym. The city was quiet in the morning and sprawling with colonial architecture that reminded us of a bit of London or other European cities with a hint of New Orleans Canal Street and Chicago. 

• Unbeknownst to us, it was the weekend to celebrate cultural diversity, a national holiday. There was a parade of Argentinians dancing and performing live traditional music in the street, dressed in colorful garb and people stood on either side to watch as they came by. 

• We worked out at Always Gym and then Uber’ed back to Puerto Madero. After 20 minutes of indecisively debating about what to eat, we went to Fabric Sushi. It was some of the best sushi we’ve had, which made up for the guilt we had for eating Japanese cuisine in Argentina. 

• Before we had enough time to work up our appetite for dinner, we were off to The Argentine Experience. It wasn’t quite the cooking class we were originally after, but had a ton of great reviews and the menu was enticing. We shared a table with a mom and daughter from California, a couple from Brisbane and a family from the Gold Coast (Darryl, Katherine, Olivia). 

• Darryl taught us a fun party trick: he can tell you exactly home many brothers, sisters and deceased siblings you have. It’s simple math, but impresses people nonetheless. 

  • Double your brothers

  • Add three

  • Multiply by five

  • Add your sisters

  • Multiply by 10

  • Add any deceased siblings

  • Get an answer

  • Subtract 1-5-0 from each respective digit of their answer 

  • (Cannot have brothers, sisters or deceased siblings greater than 9 to work)

• The staff was entertaining and informative, teaching us about the traditional cuisine, a few Argentinian expressions and hand gestures, the technique to fold empanadas, etc. 

• The food was delicious: trout tartare, blood sausage, chorizo, provoleta, pork belly, steak, ratatouille, pesto potatoes, sweet potatoes, sweet cheese, mate, dulce de leche mousse with candied nuts and berries and alfajores. 

• By the time we were done with dinner, we were all ready to explode and pass out. We drove back to the hotel and did just that. 

• Accommodations: Hilton, Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires