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Old Oct 30, 2012 | 9:34 am
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SumGuy
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: BOS
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Day and a half in Buenos Aires

Hi all. I'll be taking a cruise to Antarctica next month and I'll have about a day and a half in Buenos Aires at the end of it before flying home. Just had a couple of questions for the Argentina experts. (And possibly a critique of the itinerary, though a lot of it is already booked and paid for at this point.)

So I'll be arriving in EZE on UA on November 21, flying AEP-USH on AR about 4.5 hours later. (Praying to the gods of air travel that I make that connection.) November 22 is pretty much a free day in USH so I'll probably keep myself occupied wandering around the town, maybe visiting the museums or national park and having some lunch before it's time to board the ship in the late afternoon. Anyone know a good place to have lunch in USH?

Ship docks back in USH on the morning of November 30. My flight to EZE on AR is at 13:45, but I now see there's an earlier flight to AEP at 12:05. I would rather fly into AEP anyway as it would be closer to my hotel (Polo Suites by Hollywood in Palermo), so I was thinking of getting to the airport early and see if I can either get the flight changed or go standby. Not sure what the loads on that route typically are or if that plan has any chance of success, but I figure the worst that happens is I have to kill an extra hour and a half at the airport rather than wandering the streets of Ushuaia for an hour and a half.

Planning on going to a tango show that night. I originally had Rojo Tango booked but was recently told that they are having a private event or something that night, so no show there. I booked instead Taconeando Tango, which is apparently a smaller show done only in Spanish. Should be interesting. It's been a long time since my high school Spanish. Anyone know anything about this show?

Saturday, December 1, I booked a parrilla tour with these guys: http://parrillatour.com/. Goes from just outside the San Telmo market at 1pm. Before that, I was thinking of maybe doing a little shopping, probably for a leather jacket and afterwards I was thinking of doing a little more shopping, probably for wine. I was thinking possibly a carpincho jacket as I like the look of the ones I have seen online. Could anyone recommend either a good place to buy a jacket or somewhere to buy a few bottles of wine to take home? Preferably somewhere that could pack up the wine so I can check it along with my luggage?

Also, one final question. As my flight leaves at 21:10 that evening, it's looking like I may need to have dinner at the airport. Anyone know if there's anyplace decent to eat at the airport, or will I be stuck with McDonald's or something similar?

Thanks guys.
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