It seems that most ProMBA travelers had an early (by Argentina standards) dinner and hit the sack at a reasonable hour last night. We all met in the lobby this morning rested and ready for a full day of company visits, plant tours, and business presentations.Our first visit of the day was at Argentina's largest dairy product producer, La Serenisima. This family-owned business has been providing milk and cheese products to South American countries for 80 years. The facility was located about 30 km outside of the city, and our tour guide provided a history of the company (started as a small business providing mozzarella and ricotta cheese to the Italian immigrants in Buenos Aires), a tour of the processing and production facility, and a tasting of some of their delicious products. Their full product line includes milk (fluid and powdered), yogurt, hard cheeses, ricotta cheese, and dolche de leche--the favorite dessert item in Argentina. Dolche de leche is "caramel milk" and is used in pies, to top ice cream, etc.
We again boarded the bus and returned to Buenos Aires for a quick lunch and then a tour at AYSA which stands for Agua y Saneamientos Argentina (and translates to "water and sanitation Argentina). The water utility is located in the Water Palace. "a fantastic structure of more than 300,000 lustrous, multicolored faience bricks made by John Doulton and shipped from Britain. Its original interior engineering components were made in various countries, with Belgium as the largest contributor (http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/central-and-south-america/argentina/buenos-aires/34283/the-water-palace-the-museo-del-patrimonio/attraction-detail.html). Global authorities consider the water supply one of the critical focus issues of the planet.
As a special treat, tonight we had dinner and a tango show at Esquina Carlos Gardel, an elegant dinner theatre that is popular with locals and tourists alike.
