The Oviedo Cafe at least is open in the midst of all this deserted Feria area. Apparently the fiesta was cancelled as soon as the rain started. Vendors did not even bother to unpack. 
Parilla cooks, however, had their BBQ lit, coals hot, and stacks of steak, ribs, chicken and sausages had started to brown and sear and emit wonderful scent....just to be abandoned when the downpour started 
Even a layer of cardboard did not save the feast. The vendors manning this stand offered me anything on the grill to take away without charge - no customers expected to buy all that. I declined...the smallest piece was large enough for a family of ten!Across the street, the 'tortas-fritas' stand did a relatively brisk business. The BBQ master suggested I try one, with salt or sugar - great either way. He was right, I bought a fried pancake freshly rescued out of boiling oil - and quite delicious.
A couple of the non-ambulant stores had opened for business - this leather goods store filled with saddlery and boots employed a newspaper reading dog. The owner assured me, that his photo has made it's way into almost every country of the world. He is cute - no wonder!
Filete underneath shopwindows with a gaucho doing a sliding stop - no gauchos showing off their riding skills today, though.
For this Fiesta Day - I suppose the painted version of horse and rider has to make do.
Soft hand crafted riding boots, along with saddles and saddle furs, bridles, bolas, and wooden stirrups - all for sale in this gaucho oriented barrio
Instead of the usual BA Hero Memorial with some general sitting proudly on a prancing charger, this one shows a tired gaucho on an equally tired horse, who has an unusual gait - 'paso'.
Matatero Parking method...whatever it takes to fit into a tight spot
Most other parillas around the Feria Area had moved inside, with a few regulars drinking coffee and watching the rain pour down
Ah - a lone gaucho couple, wandering around the puddles just like the rest of the die-hards who had turned up despite the rain.
The Museo de Criollo was open - and dry. So why not use the time and have a look.
Filete - the BA trade mark painting - here in the Museum
Martin Fierro, the most famous of all Gauchos. He is eternalized in a book by Jose Hernandez. Martin Fierro is the Argentinian equivalent to the Spanish Don Quijote.
Mouth Organ playing Gaucho painted on tiles, inside the Museum.
Old painting, one of many of renown gauchos in Mataderos past.
Vendors killing time in one of the plazas - normally an open air theatre
Bus stop for Collective 55 in Matadero....one has to have a good imagination. However, the pole also has a small hand written poster: Flat, furnished, $100 per month.
Fruit stand in Matadero Neighbourhood - yes, flats need to be cheap...
There is always wall-art...some quite surrealistic. This particular one looks like a nightmare by Salvador Dali.
A couple of the non-ambulant stores had opened for business - this leather goods store filled with saddlery and boots employed a newspaper reading dog. The owner assured me, that his photo has made it's way into almost every country of the world. He is cute - no wonder! 
Filete underneath shopwindows with a gaucho doing a sliding stop - no gauchos showing off their riding skills today, though. 
For this Fiesta Day - I suppose the painted version of horse and rider has to make do. 
Soft hand crafted riding boots, along with saddles and saddle furs, bridles, bolas, and wooden stirrups - all for sale in this gaucho oriented barrio 
Instead of the usual BA Hero Memorial with some general sitting proudly on a prancing charger, this one shows a tired gaucho on an equally tired horse, who has an unusual gait - 'paso'. 
Matatero Parking method...whatever it takes to fit into a tight spot 
Most other parillas around the Feria Area had moved inside, with a few regulars drinking coffee and watching the rain pour down 
Ah - a lone gaucho couple, wandering around the puddles just like the rest of the die-hards who had turned up despite the rain. 
The Museo de Criollo was open - and dry. So why not use the time and have a look. 
Filete - the BA trade mark painting - here in the Museum 
Martin Fierro, the most famous of all Gauchos. He is eternalized in a book by Jose Hernandez. Martin Fierro is the Argentinian equivalent to the Spanish Don Quijote. 
Mouth Organ playing Gaucho painted on tiles, inside the Museum. 
Old painting, one of many of renown gauchos in Mataderos past. 
Vendors killing time in one of the plazas - normally an open air theatre 
Bus stop for Collective 55 in Matadero....one has to have a good imagination. However, the pole also has a small hand written poster: Flat, furnished, $100 per month. 
Fruit stand in Matadero Neighbourhood - yes, flats need to be cheap... 
There is always wall-art...some quite surrealistic. This particular one looks like a nightmare by Salvador Dali.
