31 January 2007

San Telmo


Besides searching for a flat, and for Spanish lessons, on Monday I went to the Museo Històrico Dr Arturo Jàrechte*, afterwards I took the undergound to the San Telmo District**. The museum was interesting in the sense that it enlightens on the economical history of Argentina. The thing to remember maybe is that just before the crash of the pesos in 2001, you could find 1.000.000 notes in the country in order to keep up with a skyrocketing inflation. No country in the world has bills of that amount. Of course it is no longer the case.
Then I walked to San Telmo, a district full of charm with pavement streets and tattered mansions. There you can escape all the noise and pollution from the city centre.

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