Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Banos de Buenos Aires

Toilet paper. Clean floors. Soap and paper towels. Yep, that´s right. These are standard issue in every single potty I have had the pleasure to use in Buenos Aires.

Okay, there was one exception.

Sorry to say, but it is the famous tango palace you read about in all the guide books. The Confeteria Ideal is not quite ideal. It is truly a marvelous structure with its zillion year old elevator, high painted ceilings, and gilded marble columns. The dance floor is marble, too. There are places in the floor that are slightly worn down. Places where you know the mop water pools during its infrequent cleanings. These are places where dancer´s feet have literaly made an impression. Dance the tango at the Ideal, but use a bathroom somewhere else.

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