Things mellowed out somewhat today as we settled into the rythms of Buenos Aires life. We got up slowly today and then made our way through the local streets to my uncle's tailoring business on Montevideo Street. We first stopped off to bring my uncle and his partner some deliciously homemade facturas (see picture)from the bakery that was once my grandfathers tailor shop. Bridget enjoyed the churros and I had a pastelito stuffed with quince paste that was flaky and scrumptious. We headed then to the Teatro Colon for a tour of the famous opera house but were saddened to discover that due to extensive renovations the tours had been cancelled. We then decided to tiptoe through the narrow old streets of el Microcentro to the Congresso Building. From there we chose to take a collectivo (Bus) towards the Florida neiborhood. The trip on the bus for both of us was 160 pesos (about .50 cents U.S.). We relaxed our legs and enjoyed the winding trip through the bustling Buenos Aires streets. It is amazing that no matter where you go in the city the amount of hustle and humanity will astound you. We got off in the Palermo neighborhood where we walked up Avenida Santa Fe to the corner of Avenida Colonel Diaz and stopped at a Pizzeria known as "La Donna". We had a large pie with calabrese sausage and thick amounts of fresh mozzarella on top. The pie had a delicate amount of tomato and oregano on it and we cleaned up the sauce with the remaining tasty crusts. From here we walked the eight blocks home and relaxed for a few hours. At 7:00 P.M. we headed by foot to meet my aunt and uncle on Bulnes Street. They took us out to dinner at a very interesting restaurant called "Marini" at 3666 Santa Fe in the Palermo neighborhood. The unique thing about this restaurant was the buffet style covering almost every type of Argentine cuisine and more. There were seperate stations for appetizers, hams, salads, pastas, pizza and empanadas, parillada, seafoods and paella, desserts and Sushi which is all the rage in Buenos Aires. What an extravaganza!! Bridget was in heaven as all of her favorites were available and they were prepared superbly. I went first for a variety of different raw and cured hams that were all amazing. I also had with the meats; marinated eggplant, beef escabeche and cold tongue salad. For my next plate I had a couple of baked empanadas stuffed with corn and also with ham and cheese they were very tasty, hot and flavorful. It was then time to head for the parillada station where the full fledged "Asador" manned the grilling pit. I went for the grilled sausages, morcillas (blood sausage), mollejas (sweetbreads), Chivito (goat), corderito (roasted lamb) and lechon (roasted suckling pig). All of this food was heavenly amazing and was accompanied by the classic Argentine chimichurri sauce. This is some of my most favorite food in the world, call my heart doctor tomorrow. We washed our meal down with a nice bottle of Argentine Cabernet (Norton Vineyards). We hit the broad dessert section at the end of our meal with Bridget focusing in on the apple pancakes flambed in rum with vanilla ice cream on top as I went for the flan with pears soaked in red wine. It was a great meal topped by great company. We said goodbye to my aunt and uncle and then caught a cab home home and called it another nice day.