Is it a rabbit/deer hybrid??

 So today was our first day without classes in Buenos Aires. It's the first Saturday here, and our morning was scheduled with some pretty cool tours of El Tigre. It was kinda a gloomy day while we were there, but when we got off the bus back in Recoleta, it was sunny and beautiful. Since we had the whole afternoon free, Rory, Pat, and I decided to take a little walk and see the town. We decided to walk to the Botanical Gardens. It was a really easy walk because we just had to go straight down Santa Fe, but it was 20 blocks through the Recoleta and Palermo. On the walk, we actually ran into two other students from our program after we had been walking for about 40 minutes. It was crazy to see them out far from our house because the city is so huge. We finally reached the Botanical Gardens, but it was closed!

After we had just walked for an hour, the gates were locked! Apparently it was because it had rained earlier that day, and we were all kind of bummed until we realized that the Zoo was just across the street. For only 22 pesos a person, we went into the zoo, and I had never seen animals so comfortable around people. There were little muskrats and some animal that resembled a deer/rabbit hybrid that were just coming straight up to the people and anyone could feed them. It was basically a zoo like any other in the U.S., but it was fun not being 100% familiar with which animals were what because of the language barrier. Like I was saying about how friendly the animals were, anyone could even feed the zebras or even bison! The feline animals were all pretty much hot and sleeping in the shade, but the monkeys were very active and entertaining. All of the monkeys had some sort of weird red, growth on their butts. I had never seen anything so gross and uncomfortable before. I just kept wondering how it could possibly sit comfortably. But then we were getting a little antsy, so we decided to finish up at the zoo, and took the subway home for the first time. It was so easy to just jump on for 1,10 pesos! That compared to the usual 25 pesos taxi ride was so surprising! We finally got home, and it felt great to actually see the city on our own. It was a great way to spend a free Saturday afternoon.