Buenos Aires days 1 & 2

I've had a couple of days to explore Buenos Aires now, and from what I've seen so far it's a great place. I've put some photos in my April 2010 album. Yesterday I wandered around the Microcentro, and saw the Plaza de Mayo, the Casa Rosada and the Obelisco. I also watched some tango dancing at Avenida Florida.

This morning I wandered over to Puerto Madero and had a look around the Costanera Sur nature reserve. I then got the subway over to Palermo, where among other things I saw the Hipódromo Argentino, Buenos Aires's horse racing track.

I've also had my first experience of some anti-British sentiment. Yesterday I was sitting in the park when I was approached by man, who, when he realised I was British, started talking to me about English football. It was obvious by this point that he wanted money, and when I refused to give him any, his response was "F**k England!", and he stormed off shouting something about Las Malvinas, aka the Falkland Islands.

I haven't been feeling too great since I got here, so I came home early this afternoon, just in time in fact to watch Man Utd lose to Bayern Munich in the Champions League on TV - I can't believe they lost from 3-0 up! However, on the positive side I took a couple of Imodium when I got in, and I'm now feeling a whole lot better.

Tonight I'm meeting up with a couple of girls that I met at breakfast this morning - I think the plan is to go and buy some fresh pasta and a few other ingredients, and cook a meal in the hostel kitchen, washed down with some Argentinian vino tinto.