it's all rather theatrical

Got 3 days left here and I already know it won't be enough. We are totally in love with BA. One thing I noticed today is that Argentinians are freakin legendary at queueing. They seriously know how it goes down. Maybe even more than Brits do - the personal space and orderly fashion is perhaps why I feel so comfortable here..... It makes a nice change to Chile at least!

Today we went to the El Ateneo bookshop on Avenida Santa Fe, which seems like a sort of Oxford Street equivalent - long and big and full of shops. The place is absolutely amazing. I'm not fussy about bookshops; as long as they are full of books I can spend hours sat on the floor poking my nose in things I wish I was intelligent and proactive enough to actually read. But this place was something else.
Not only was it full of books, the building used to be a theatre, so what used to be the seating area is now aisles and aisles of books, the ceiling is painted with a huge religious themed fresco, the private booths have comfy chairs where you can read, and the stage is now a cafe.
Each of the teirs is a different section of books with more chairs on each level to read. It was just amazing and surreal and wonderful. Phil took about a billion photos so that he can try and use them to make a panoramic shot through this Microsoft program, so hopefully that'll turn out well for him - couldn't think of a better place to do it!

Last night we went for pizza at a place owned by La Cabrera (where we had the steaks on our first night), and, true to form, we were served the most ludicrous amount of food... I had the Marcelina pizza (their signature - the restaurant is called Marcelina & Garcia), which had brie, mozzarella, and povola cheese on it with rocket and black olives. Super scrummy. The highlight, though, might have been this tiny palette cleansing drink we got in a shot glass after the pizza, which was a frozen fruity concoction. We loved it so much we got a second, although they wouldn't give it to us a drink in its own right. It had banana, orange, champagne, rum and some malbec in it. I will definitely be trying to recreate that in the future.

We're about to go out and see a tango show, so no doubt you'll hear about that tomorrow. It's Isabelle's last night, so hopefully it's a good one to send her off on!