Day 58: Mixed Day - Closed pool, delicious lunch and a John Cusack sighting
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
With summer winding down and today being a federal holiday, we headed out to one of the cities largest public swimming pools, Parque Manuel Belgrano. Since it isn't as secure as a private water park or country club, we decided to leave our valuables at home and take only the essentials (sunscreen, towels, water, cash). When we arrived at the park, we found a sleeping security guard, an empty park and a pool that was bone dry. You would think a holiday would be a great time to go to the pool instead of clean it. Not what I was looking for.
In an attempt to save the afternoon, we decided to hit up some street vendors who are camped out along the Rio del Plata (across from the Newberry Airport) before taking a bus to another pool. During our quarter mile walk I noticed a familiar face walking towards us. As he got closer, I turned to Terry and said that guy looks exactly like John Cusack. Sure enough, a short distance more was a film crew setting up a hood camera on an old green car. We posted up a few yards away, but moved on after nothing exciting happened. Worst part was we didn't even have a camera with us because we only had the essentials for a day at the pool. Probably the only day we haven't had a camera or camera phone on us. I had to double check that I wasn't seeing things. Here is a link to an article from today about the movie that John Cusack is in Argentina for, working as the lead actor and producer.
After a lunch of bondiolas (pork) and churrascos (steak) sandwiches on french bread and a botched bus ride (we jumped on a bus that didn't get us any closer) we finally made it to a private club with a pool, Club de Amigos. Keyword here is private, as in members only. Invited guests are only permitted on Mondays and Friday, although we weren't an invited guest either. I don't think the pool was in our cards today.
After two strikes in our search for a pool, we settled for laying out in the park while studying Spanish for and hour and a half. Still a good ending to one of the final days of summer.
In an attempt to save the afternoon, we decided to hit up some street vendors who are camped out along the Rio del Plata (across from the Newberry Airport) before taking a bus to another pool. During our quarter mile walk I noticed a familiar face walking towards us. As he got closer, I turned to Terry and said that guy looks exactly like John Cusack. Sure enough, a short distance more was a film crew setting up a hood camera on an old green car. We posted up a few yards away, but moved on after nothing exciting happened. Worst part was we didn't even have a camera with us because we only had the essentials for a day at the pool. Probably the only day we haven't had a camera or camera phone on us. I had to double check that I wasn't seeing things. Here is a link to an article from today about the movie that John Cusack is in Argentina for, working as the lead actor and producer.
After a lunch of bondiolas (pork) and churrascos (steak) sandwiches on french bread and a botched bus ride (we jumped on a bus that didn't get us any closer) we finally made it to a private club with a pool, Club de Amigos. Keyword here is private, as in members only. Invited guests are only permitted on Mondays and Friday, although we weren't an invited guest either. I don't think the pool was in our cards today.
After two strikes in our search for a pool, we settled for laying out in the park while studying Spanish for and hour and a half. Still a good ending to one of the final days of summer.
Tags:
Argentina,
Buenos Aires,
food
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