Porteños love their farmer’s markets and festivals on the weekends. Recently, we traveled with some friends about forty minutes outside of the city to one called Feria de Mataderos. Good music, great food, and gaucho games entertained the public throughout the hot afternoon.
Take a look:
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- Galen ordering the best masas finas while making the busy workers smile.
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- After a long ride on the 126 colectivo, live folk, rock, and tango music welcomed us.
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- There was plenty to see.
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- including these poignant chess sets – Stephen wants one…
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- and these gaucho-themed mate
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- Can you tell what these reconstituted knives used to be?
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- Stands like this made us hungry.
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- Happy with a famous Argentine pastry
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- Beautiful, folklore dancing filled the square
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- This man stole the show for most of the hot, hot afternoon.
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- When a song came on the crowd liked, they broke into dance – gringos at weddings take note.
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- Chorizo.
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- Carne
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- Ashley with a friendly pup. She and Scott also left their dogs with an awesome sibling back home.
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- A friendly old man placed his puppy on this horse for the turistas to take photos.
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- A gaucho preps for the next competitor. The goal is to grab a ring from this string as your horse runs underneath it.
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- A gaucho in action
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- This street reminded me of Watts in Los Angeles where I used to work.
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- I couldn’t stop thinking about how this sight would have gone over on 110th and Avalon in Los Angeles..
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- Turistas (+1 local) on a field trip
It’s been a while since we posted. Recently, many of our other adventures have involved cooking at home. More on that to come!
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