For my first trip outside of Buenos Aires since arriving back in Argentina on January 2, I decided to take a train to San Isidro and spend the day biking in the city and along the river. Considered to be one of the wealthiest tows in Argentina, the town was booming with visitors today. The first stop was to the former home of General Pueyrredón. It was built in 1790 by Juan Martin de Pueyrredon and it's a national historic monument - in large part due to the fact that it was here where Pueyrredon and General San Martin first discussed independence from Spain.
After exploring the area around the main plaza, I biked to the river, which is lined by a ton of private (and a few public) beaches. After spending some time taking in the sun, a friend of mine from the US headed to a parilla (steakhouse) for some lunch before taking the train back.
After two stops on the train, we started to smell smoke.... the track had caught on fire right in front of us. If this happened in the US, the train would have been evacuated and the area cleared. Not here. Everyone got as close as they could to take in the action. The police and firefighters just stood and watched until the conductor hopped on the track to put the fire out. What a country!
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