A Beautiful, Dreary Day

After 2 days of fever, and 3 days recovering from it, I am finally able to venture outside of the apartment again. Yesterday I walked with Martin to and from the laundromat (about 4 blocks) and then later to and from the grocery store (another 4 blocks) with a 2 hour nap in between. Not bad for a first day! I am still not able to eat too much, but I am definitely feeling better.


Today it was raining, a perfect day to visit the cemetary. Cementario de la Recoleta is in the middle of the city, and really, once inside seems like a city in itself. Inside the high brick walls are hundreds of paths flanked on both sides by stone and marble crypts dating from the early 1800's to the present. This is where the most elite citizens: past presidents, bishops, military generals, doctors, university professors and wealthy families, have been buried for the past two centuries. The crypts may hold entire families or sometimes only one person. Some are very simple where as others are quite ornate. There are very old, traditional ones, and some are very modern. Some are in perfect condition and there are fresh flowers inside, and there are others that have fallen apart or have been broken into and damaged. It is a beautiful place throughout.

We walked through less than half of it today, before I was too tired to keep going. Next time it rains, we will get to the rest (including the crypt of Evita).


Here are some more pictures of the crypts we thought were pretty cool...

Also, we know that for some reason not all of the pictures can be enlarged when you click on them... sorry. So we are also going to put them in an online photo gallery. You can go here to check it out: http://picasaweb.google.com/martinswims/Recoleta02 , each time we put a post with pictures, we will add the link to the album. Enjoy!