Duck season, Rabbit season, Duck season, Rabbit season, Tuna season. This is a picture of a cactus fruit or 'tuna'. I saw them last year when we were in Bolivia and in the last week or so I've started to see them in vegetable and fruit stands in Buenos Aires. I'm not sure if it's the season (we were in Bolivia in February last year) or I just hadn't noticed them before. They taste a little bit like honeydew, but have seeds, as you can see, and aren't quite as sweet. You cut the skin, open it up and the fruit in the center just sort of peels right off of the inside. 'Verdulerias' (tiny vegetable and fruit shops) are common in Argentina. There isn't a lot of produce in most of the grocery stores, and what there is is gross. Verdulerias are usually tiny holes in the wall. They put their fruits and veges out in crates and you buy by the kilo or fraction thereof. For some reason, many of them are owned and run by Bolivians, and I think they do pretty well. The parents of a schoolmate of Rosana's brother came to Argentina, managed to start a verduleria and now they have two as well as two houses. Today I went to Parque Rivadavia in the late afternoon and sat and watched the action. This guy came by selling churros (plain and stuffed with dulce de leche). 

Judging from the kids and babies all over the place, there aren't many virgins in Buenos Aires, but there seems to be at least one in every subway station. This a pic of the Virgen de Lujan, the virgin saint of Buenos Aires, on the subway platform at Acoyte station on the A line. She's there to watch over us and make sure we arrive safely at our destination.