Big Tombs

We did so much walking today. And it was a scorcher out. We attended the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes which had a fabulous collection. Rembrandt, Van Gough, Monet, Manet, Picaso, Rothco, Pollac, Degas, and a wealth of Argentinian artists. We were very impressed. How do you get through a fine arts museum with a toddler? Point out all the animals in paintings and sculpture. It became a great game, and Ella ate it up. We had a funny moment when Ella pointed to a painting of a nude woman and yelled, "Neh nehs! Milk!"

We grabbed lunch while Ella napped in the stroller and afterwards headed to the Cementerio de la Recoleta. These buildings in the picture above are tombs--and often single person tombs. Larger than our flat. They take burial very seriously in this cemetery. I told Tyler that if I couldn't be cremated and my ashes spread on the moon, then I wanted a tomb with an elevator and a swimming pool. The cemetery is known as being super snooty. It took years for the proprietors to allow Eva Paron to be buried there. Her husband never did get in...his remains lie in a lesser grave site. Weird.

We went for a quick swim when we returned. Dinner consisted of home-made hummus, bread, heirloom tomato slices, basil, cheese, wine, and the best nectarine we've every had.