En el marco de la iniciativa "Caracas Moments" de 
Resulta que hace unos días atrás había visto por Twitter que estaban yendo a verla luego de la inauguraran gracias a un convenio entre la Alcaldía de Baruta y la Embajada de Argentina. Me pareció que seguramente sería muy divertido ir a verla, no conozco mucho la zona pero con Google Maps y la buena compañía de 
Cuando ya teníamos claro que queríamos ir, revisamos el mapa estando en Sabana Grande, sabíamos hacía donde caminar para llegar a Bello Monte pero no estaba igual de claro cuál era esa Plaza Oberón donde nos estaban esperando Mafalda y Manolito.
As part of the initiative "Caracas Moments" of
It turns out that a few days ago I had seen on Twitter that they were going to see it after it was inaugurated thanks to an agreement between the Alcaldía de Baruta and the Embassy of Argentina. I thought it would surely be fun to go see it, I don't know much about the area but with Google Maps and the good company of
When it was clear that we wanted to go, we checked the map while we were in Sabana Grande, we knew where to walk to get to Bello Monte but it was not so clear which was the Plaza Oberon where *Mafalda and Manolito were waiting for us.
Luego de aparentemente ubicar en donde estaba, comenzamos a caminar y a charlar para hacer el trayecto más entretenido. He recorrido Bello Monte antes, pero era nuestra primera vez por esas calles juntos, así que estábamos diciéndonos algunas referencias de ocasiones anteriores que hemos caminado por ahí y resultó entretenido.
Ya habíamos avanzado un rato, comenzaba a hacer calor y decidimos refrescarnos un poco para continuar. Hace un rato que no andaba por ahí y encontré la zona muy fresca, llena de comercios, vida y movimiento. Andábamos echando broma pero pendientes del mapa, en un punto nos indicaba cruzar hacia una colina y yo pensé: Si es por allá arriba, volveremos otro día. 😬
After apparently locating where I was, we started walking and chatting to make the journey more entertaining. I have walked through Bello Monte before, but it was our first time walking those streets together, so we were telling each other some references of previous occasions we have walked there and it was entertaining.
We had already walked for a while, it was starting to get hot and we decided to cool down a bit to continue. It had been a while since I had been there and I found the area very cool, full of stores, life and movement. We were joking around but keeping an eye on the map, at one point it indicated us to cross towards a hill and I thought: If it's up there, we'll come back another day. 😬
Ahora te cuento que no, no hay que subir y bajar colinas pero cuando ya estábamos cerca, pensamos que ya se veía la escultura y hemos corrido, para nuestra decepción lo que habíamos visto a lo lejos, no era Mafalda. Ya estábamos cerca, se veía una multitud y al aproximarnos, no éramos los únicos emocionados que habían ido a conocerla.
Puede que conozcas la zona pero en esa plaza hay una pequeña fuente, habían unos niños correteando, jugando con el agua y también habían unos cuantos señores mayores jugando dominó como cualquier día de semana en la tarde. En donde decidieron colocar la escultura hay bastante circulación peatonal y vehicular así que desapercibidos, no pasan y eso me emociona.
Now I tell you that no, we do not have to go up and down hills but when we were already close, we thought we could see the sculpture and we ran, to our disappointment what we had seen in the distance, it was not Mafalda. We were already close, a crowd was visible and as we approached, we were not the only excited ones who had gone to meet her.
You may know the area but in that square there is a small fountain, there were some children running around, playing with the water and there were also a few older gentlemen playing dominoes like any weekday afternoon. Where they decided to place the sculpture there is a lot of pedestrian and vehicular traffic, so they do not go unnoticed, and that excites me.
Contemplamos la escena un momento, esperamos a quienes habían llegado antes se tomaran su respectiva foto y luego nos tomamos las nuestras, en eso un señor nos dijo que nos podía ayudar así que aprovechamos su amable oferta de fotografiarnos.
Le dijimos hasta pronto a Mafalda porque queríamos comer en la zona, hay muchas opciones cerca pero optamos por “Ciudad Pecado” donde comimos muy rico, luego comenzó a lloviznar, y como también comenzaba a anochecer pedimos Yummy. Nos quisimos despedir de Mafalda o verla sin menos gente cerca así que ahí esperamos el carro que nos alejó de ella en pocos minutos para traernos de vuelta a la realidad.
We contemplated the scene for a moment, we waited for those who had arrived before to take their respective picture and then we took ours, then a man told us that he could help us so we took advantage of his kind offer to take a picture.
We said see you soon to Mafalda because we wanted to eat in the area, there are many options nearby but we opted for "Ciudad Pecado" where we ate very well, then it started to drizzle, and as it was also starting to get dark we ordered Yummy. We wanted to say goodbye to Mafalda or see her without less people around so there we waited for the car that took us away from her in a few minutes to bring us back to reality.
Fotos realizadas con Redmi Note 11 y un Infinix Note 8