Yesterday, Silvana and Héctor, my friends from Haedo, drove into town to pick me up for a very nice day trip to El Tigre, about 40 minutes upriver from Buenos Aires. A summer hotspot at the end of the 19th century, the area sits on a delta that includes a whole mess of rivers, streams, and so on. People get around in launches, water taxis, elegant wooden rowboats, kayaks, and private ships. It's generally a few degrees cooler than the city, so it's quite popular as a weekend retreat.
We took a boat ride through the Delta. At the start, there are several massive old clubs, often in the English style.
Then you start to pass private homes with docks on the water. These range from grand to humble.
It's very easy to imagine spending very comfortable weekends here.
Back in town, there's a kind of honky tonk Coney Island amusement park. That's where Hector and Silvana's daughter, Michaela, was spending the day, as part of a birthday party. I was quite happy not to be riding on Capitan Piraña (or waiting the long lines for any of the attractions.)
After lunch walked along the promenade toward the town center.
You really feel like you've gotten out of the city.
Alas, if you have the bad luck to return to the city exactly when a soccer game at River Stadium is letting out and the 40-minute trip takes you 2 hours, you have plenty of time to reacquire your city stress level.
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