Bogota and Our First Day in Buenos Aires

We decided to take advantage of our 9 hour layover in Bogota to explore the parts of the city that were didnt have time to see last winter. We began walking through the colonial old center. Then we made our way to the upscale area in the North where we had dinner and a drink. It reminded both of us of Nolita/SoHo.

We arrived today at 6:15am and had a small adventure finding a hostal. Im making this quick because we want to go out but, in short, we went from Palermo to La Recoleta and then to Microcentro. Palermo had an incredible fair of incredible original clothing. La Recoleta had an art fair but we spent most of our time there walking around. We also followed a crowd into a free orchestral concert in a beautiful and gigantic building. We walked down Corrientes in Microcentro and took in the bright lights. Corrientes is a lot like 42nd street, but without all the tourists. People were lined up to get into the theaters and the cafes were packed. We are now back at our overpriced hostal in Palermo Viejo where we plan to go out for the night.

A quick note- prices have sky rocketed since I was last in this country. Bummer for us.