Old news: Buenos Aires Meatless? Later, Under Smoke?

Upon our return from the cruise around Cape Horn, we entered our previous apartment, so it felt like returning home again. However, things weren't all quite the same as we settled in so to speak. Of course, one of the first things to do besides UNPACK again was to head to the grocery store and restock the kitchen. Coto supermercado wasn't quite the same though. When I got there, the shelves were meatless except for some frozen chicken and the fresh vegetables were scarce? Watch this:

You Tube: Wheres the beef?

The farmers in protest blocked the roads so that meats and vegtables in addition to other items could not be easily delivered to the city of Buenos Aires. And did you hear this debate between the government and the farmers went on for over 19 days? Can you imagine? No one starved mind you. Just a little inconvenience for a cause.

We had just missed one of the protests that took place ALL over the city. Here's a sample of it:

You Tube: Grab your pot and pan

Did you notice whole families participating, peacefully?

Next event was the smoke that permeated the air throughout the city. Watch this:

You Tube: Buenos Aires under Smoke

I'm sure our friends out west in the USA are completely familiar with the dilemma of permeating smoke in their communities due to our raging fires set by careless people. This was our first experience with it. So people with problems flooded the hospitals. Others just put on a cloth mask as they went to work. Others just stayed inside. Although you did at times get the smell in the apartment.