Day 6: Cemetary cats

Weather was great today. Class was good. After class, we had what turned out to be a very affordable lunch at a nice lunch spot near the school. After which, we grabbed a cab and headed to El Cementario del Recoleta. This is where Argentina has put to rest all of their famous and influential figures. All of the sites are above ground tombs. This is also the cite of Eva (Evita) Perrone's resting place. It is difficult to describe this experience. The cemetery is walled off from the city but the cemetery itself has streets and alleys. There is something like 4,800 tombs and every tomb is unique. There is soo much marble, granite and crosses it is incredible. An artist could spend months here and a photographer could have a field day with interesting shots. The cemetery was not errie at all...no demon statues but there were an alarming number of what looked like stray cats living in the cemetery. Cats are strange enough as it is..always staring, judging, being aloof... This is exaggerated times 10 when the cat is staring at you from the steps of a tomb with a visible coffin just behind the doors. Interestingly enough, I did not see any cats "in" the tombs which would have been easy because many of them just had bars or broken glass as doors or windows. Tonight, we are headed to what is supposed to be a restaurant of notably good steak but also very affordable. I am looking forward to a juicy Argentine steak. Item of note for today. It is very difficult to find peanut butter in the supermercado. I was at a small one today and nada...no peanut butter at all.