Buenos Aires, a Danish retreat and on to Sweden

After the rest of South America Buenos Aires felt like Disneyland ... relatively clean streets, well-dressed people, hygenic conditions and new cars on the road (complete with seatbelts). Despite its European feel it did have a distinctly South American twist, which made it one of our favourite large cities. We explored it with Simone (girlfriend from home), who made an excellent guide given she had already been there a couple of days and speaks Spanish. We went to the colourful dockside area of La Boca with houses that were traditionally painted with whatever paint was leftover from the ships. Here, in the home of the tango, we posed with some locals who were pretty easy on the eye before heading to the fancy suburb of Recoletta. We wandered through the beautiful (if not just a bit spooky) necropolis where the Buenos Airies elite are laid to rest (coffins of entire families are stacked for all to see in elaborate little buildings) ... they say it is cheaper to live your entire life extravagantly than to be put to rest here. Explored the shops and cafes of trendy Palermo and ended up finding a traditional Parrilla restaurant (think meat fest) here as well.

20 hours or so after leaving Argentina we landed in Copenhagen, where we have enjoyed superb weather. It has proven to be an absolutely enchanting city, made even more memorable as we have been hosted by our dear friends Rikke and Bo. We have riden bicycles around the city (there seem to be more bikes than cars), cruised the canals, visited the historic and quaint Tivoli amusement park, walked and picnicked in the forest (complete with deer) and generally enjoyed being on our own schedule. The danes are amongst the most attractive, stylish, happy and wholesome people we have ever come across.

Off to beautiful Stockholm tomorrow...