Getting to know BA by Will

    Today we had a tour of the city. First we went to the Recoleta Cemetery and saw a beautiful church. After we went to La Boca and saw the stadium of a soccer team here, Boca Juniors (even though river is the better team). After we walked around the area outside of the stadium and we went shopping in some shops. After that we went to a restaurant in an old convent in San Telmo, we tried milanesa and asado and explored the area. Finally most of us went to a students house and played a traditional Argentinian card game, truco.












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