Yesterday we did a tour of the city on a bus. It took kind of a long time but the tour guide had some good info. The only annoying thing was that she did the tour in English and Spanish so she would say one thing in one language and then say the exact same thing in the other language trying to hurry because she was commenting on stuff as we drove by in the bus and having to explain in Spanish and English made it so that she was still explaining stuff after we drove by it and then would have to cut it short to give an explanation of the next sight. I understood the Spanish just fine so the two languages thing was really annoying to listen to.
During the evening for dinner we went to the Hard Rock Café. It felt like I was back in the U.S. We took a bus to the Hard Rock. BA has a real problem with having coins in circulation, especially the dollar ones, which makes taking the bus kind of a pain in the ass because the buses only take coins. When David and I took the bus to La Boca the other day we ended up having to buy unnecessary soft drinks so we could get change to use on the bus. Luckily at the Hard Rock the employee at the gift store had two of her own personal dollar coins that she gave us in exchange for a 2 peso bill so we were also able to take the bus back to the hostel.
On the bus we learned the importance of keeping the ticket that the machine gives you. The bus was full and apparently someone didn’t pay, or the bus driver thought someone didn’t pay, because he stopped the bus and said, or rather, yelled, “we’re staying here, what do you prefer that you pay or that I call the police?” Someone must have paid or got off because we started moving again.
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