the Oreo of Argentina

Sooo el cachorro (argentine spn. for puppy) made it! Poor little guy.. 20 hours in a box :( But he made it ok, a little grumpy, but in one piece. So thats good. What was it like getting him from Buenos Aires customs you wonder..?  Kind of like having a long confusing nightmare. I thought it was going to be super easy, 15 minutes at the max. Go into the airport, show them my passport and be on my way with Winnie. No way, not at all. We rented a little "mystic blue"  Volkswagen Gol Trend since the airport is in a city right outside of Buenos Aires called Ezeiza and Winnie sheds a lot so I didnt think a cab driver would let him in his car. haha anyway, so we get there and had to talk to about 23 different people like .. "go to terminal A, talk to them, sign this pay that, then come back to me get this form , go to terminal B, go to cargo talk to them, walk across the hall, pay them, show this stuff to them, wheres your passport? why is your dog coming? remember terminal A? go back there then Im not sure what next, ask them..." haha so I wont keep going, but this lasted for literally 3 hours. Then.. bum bum bum.. he was set free! And exhausted for two days... but he's back to normal now... obsessed with Bryan and jolly. 

It seems like Argentina has no shortcuts, besides the airport adventure, I kinda like that about BA. There's a special store for everything:  spices,  a little lady  that makes pastries and chocolates, fruits, lampshades.. I found a button store the other day. When you go eat at a restaurant, everything (for the most part) is made from scratch or maybe from a local bakery. So thats kind of cool. Not too much frozen food. And, the cheap hole in the wall restaurants have been the best so far, by a lot!  The Choripan/entrana (strip of steak) for $1.50, and the empanada for 75 cents turn out much better than the steak at Joe Fancy's restaurant. So much better. 

Theres this little coffee shop a block from our apt, little hole-in-the wall ... of course, place - not too fancy where we always go get coffee and an alfahor. More about the alfahor later, Bryan loves them. Well I do too, but I love all sweets so I dont count. Anyway, this one waiter is always there, I think he's the only waiter actually. Well anyway, he knows us now and knows our order. No idea what his name is, but he looks just like Mr. Bean... you know that comedian that everyone loves, except me I feel. How great is it that he looks like Mr Bean and deals with coffee beans all day! Coincidence? Not at all. I'll find out what his name is and take a picture with him so I can show yall and compare the two. Oh! the alfahor, right.. so they sound super unhealthy, and after writing what they are it sounds actually not healthy at all... but theyre so good. Its like the "Oreo of Argentina" someone told me. Its sort of like an oreo filled with dulce de leche and then covered in chocolate. Sometimes they get a little crazy and make the Alfahor 3x.. so its like 4 cookies filled with dulce de leche.. 3 times.. I havent gotten that daring to try it, seems like a little much. Like what if there was a PB&J 3x .. no way right. peanut butter overload. Anyway, we eat them alot. thats pretty much it. 

Oh and the picture below I stole from Paola, it's us out in Plaza Serrano at Bar Abierto- good title right. Theres a restaurant down the street from us named "The Standard Restaurant", its written in english,  they may have well named it, Just-Alright. haha.  Or theres this Chinese place near us named Yan Kie and a pizza place called Kentucky... whats the story behind that one I wonder.. 

* I wish these pictures were mine, but I dont have an adapter for my camera charger yet and its dead.. so until then, stealing them from the internet and Paola. 

Love you! 

Elise