Buenos Aires is a strange place.

So I went exploring again tonight, and made my first attempt at using the subway system. It's 1.10 pesos/ride, which is like 0.35 cents or so. Not bad.

Near the city center, I saw a protest/demonstration/political rally blocking a couple lanes on one of the main strips, with police officers directing traffic around them. They were chanting things I couldn't make out, and if you can see in the picture, they're waving flags with nice hammer/sickle symbols. There are Argentinian elections coming up soon, and the socialist party here is not the joke it is in Los Estados Unidos. To each their own, I suppose.

What I don't get is that the socialist party seemed to be demonstrating in front of a theater. Later, I walked into a giant mall in the middle of the city, with all sorts of different expensive-looking shops. But the socialists weren't in front of that. Barney was.