We passed our last day in BA hitting some sights that we previously missed, like the huge photo-sensitive aluminum and steel "Generic Flower" sculpture (rendered goldenish in this photo, it is actually silvery and amazingly reflective). At 60 feet tall, its massive, and to make it additionally cool, it slowly opens and closes in response to sunrise and sunset.
After staring at the world's largest corsage, we visited the Ice Palace, which is no longer icy (though it remains palatial) and now serves as an exhibition space. We saw some art, including these fluffy fellas (one of them clearly surprised to be photographed) and the beautiful dangling lanterns.
At sunset, we hoisted our giant duffles out of our shambly digs and headed to the bus station for our overnight bus to Mendoza. At the urging of many guidebooks, we spent the extra ten bucks and booked the Super Executive Suites, which meant that our seats reclined to FLAT. Oh yeah. We also booked the very front seats on the top of a double-decker bus, so we could watch the many close encounters the bus had with pedestrians, as well cringe in horror at the driver's constant desire to pass on single-laned highways. There was also a meal involved, which was hilariously impossible to eat, as the food was determined to descend lapward on the sloping insta-tray. Trying to stab at a chicken cutlet with one hand while securing the dish with the other seemed not worth it. And in truth, it wasn't. But I did sleep, awaking in terror of imminent death only occasionally, and now we are here in sunny Mendoza and none the worse for it. Word has it, it's wine country. I can't yet confirm or deny that fact, but I can show you what Mendoza looks like from space. Textured!
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