So onto the goodies…the trip started off quite interestingly. It was the day that we had a snow storm here in New York City (we left 2/25/10) but our flight left right before the full blast hit New York (there was enough snow to be worried, but we made it out). My computer was acting up in the airport, which made me a little cranky since I need my computer! And when we were on the flight, there was a drunken lady that had to be escorted off the plane, which delayed our flight from NYC to Atlanta (our connecting city to Buenos Aires --Video below will show). After all this, we were pretty much sailing right in South America.
When we landed the weather in BA (Buenos Aires) was beautiful, definitely a welcomed change from snowy New York City. We stayed at the Glu Hotel, which is a beautiful boutique hotel located in Palermo – Soho (upscale fashion area). The hotel has its quirks here and there, but overall I would recommend staying there if you are in BA. While in BA we participated in Graffiti Mundo (purchased our 1st and certainly not our last piece of artwork as Mr. & Mrs. Nixon), a polo lesson and enjoyed 1st class dinning (Social Pariso & Casa Cruz) at a rate of 4 to 1. BA is a place I will not return to, unless I am already in that region, even though the exchange rate is fabulous. One issue I had with Buenos Aires is that a lot of the addresses to things are not very clearly marked, so when using googlemaps for directions I had to get creative, so if anyone wants the location to any of these things just leave a comment.
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Next stop, Sao Paulo Brazil. For those who know me, I travel to Brazil quite frequently. So far, this was probably not my best trip there (the weather did not cooperate at all) but I enjoyed every moment with my wife. When we travel to Sao Paulo the only hotel we stay at is the Unique, which is very “unique”. It is one of the top hotels in Sao Paulo and it shows! The hotel service was fabulous and they were helpful every step of the way. We were there for a week, so we had a chance to speak with a lot of the staff and even the manager (no problems with English, though my Portuguese has improved considerably). During our stay we went to great restaurants (Dalva e Dito & DOM), partied at Mokai (VIP set up by the hotel), watched AVATAR in IMAX (Bourbon Shopping; movie theatre was packed), lunch @ Google Brazil (a friend of mine just moved there for work) and our usual activities (dinner with a friend’s family, delicious room service dinner, etc.). The week before we arrived was extremely sunny, the week after we left was very sunny, but the week we were there was extremely cloudy with a lot of drizzling. ALSO, the traffic in Sao Paulo is some of the worst in the world. To give a little perspective on this, I will provide you with 2 examples. The first example comes when we were in a cab traveling from the airport to the hotel at 9:30 at night. The cab driver decided to ride the shoulder of the highway for 30 minutes because the traffic was so bad. Next example comes from us trying to get to a night club at 1:30 in the morning and traffic was so bad we got out of the cab and walked the 8 blocks remaining in the cab ride because traffic was almost at a standstill.
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All in all the honeymoon was one my wife and I enjoyed and will certainly remember for the rest of our lives. We are most certainly looking forward to our 2nd honeymoon… ;P
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