We took a bondi (bus) over to La Biela, which is located just up the street from the Recoleta Cemetary and had some sandwiches, drinks, and soaked up the winter sun on the outdoor patio, which is separated from the church of Nuestra Señora del Pilar and the Plaza Francia by an enormous gum tree.
La Biela opened in 1850, and became famous in the 1950s as the place where racecar drivers came to hang out, and is still aparently a good place to go people watching, although we didn´t see anyone notable (or at least L. didn´t point anyone out to me) while we were there. After lunch, we crossed over into the Plaza Francia, which is adjacent to La Biela, and wandered around the craft fair that was going on:
There was also some street tango going on, so I watched that for a while then went back to the house and hung out with a couple of L.´s sons and their friends and drank beer and ate empanadas, which you can get delivered. The empanadas here are much smaller than the ones from Julia´s in D.C., and when you get them delivered they come with a little paper guide as to what is what:
Personally I think that these guides are put in the boxes just to tease you, and that the empanada places just put in whatever they have that is handy, since no one can ever seem to find the one that they are looking for!
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