Buenos Aires Recoleta Cemetery Day 10

Recoleta Cemetery 

Our very busy and interesting day started with a visit to the Buenos Aires Recoleta Cemetery.  My first thought?  This is just like the New Orleans Metairie Cemetary. But, after a few minutes, I realized the Metairie pales in comparison.  The Recoleta is like a well cared for monument city.  It covers 14 acres, all of it above ground. The most noted occupant is Eva Peron.  Condé Nast does a much better job of illustrating the wide avenues and mausoleums than I did.  

Our schedule in Buenos Aires changed two days ago when Gaston received word that massive anti-government protests would take place on January 23, the day of our flight.  Tauck arranged the flight change for this morning.  It was chaotic at the airport and when we arrived in Chile our bus and guide were not waiting.  It seems Tauck had not verified the change in arrival with them.  After a long wait, lunch on Gaston, and and even longer walk to the arrived bus, we drove 2.5 hours south to Vik Chile in the Millahue Valley which is in the heart of the Chilean wine country.  As you will see in my Flickr photos we got to see the beautiful Andes against the sunset.  The hotel very generously waited dinner for us about 10pm.  My Buenos Aires and Hotel Via pics at Flickr.