BUENOS AIRES
Graeme joined me in Buenos Aires and we stayed in an apartment I booked through Airbnb. It turned out to be right at the centre of the city in the theatre district, on Av. Corrientes just a few steps from Av. 9 de Julio. We didn't see any plays, but we DID eat Mostaza burgers. We also ate at McDonald's next door to Mostaza because Graeme was curious. It turned out a McDonald's is the same everywhere, even to the smells.
The Obelisco de Buenos Aires was built in 1936 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Buenos Aires, and sits on an island where Corrientes crosses 9 de Julio (one of the widest streets in the world.) These views are from a window in our apartment. On the left you see a couple of welders who were building a framework, probably for a billboard. |
Canadian tourist in the Plaza de Mayo. Below: the Casa Rosada.
It was closed to visitors that day. I didn't take a lot of pictures in Buenos Aires since I was there the year before and posted a lot of pictures then. |
And of course we had to go to the Cementerio de la Recoleta.
All streets should be as clean as those in this cemetery. It took us a while to find Eva Peron. That's the most popular spot here, and a tough place to get a picture through the crowd. But I got an opening. There are more cemetery photos at the page connected to the button above.
Street art.
Working the
phones.
There are a number
of these guys
on various streets.
Some stray archetecture. The buildings in Buenos Aires are fascinating. The building at the left is at the corner of our block.
Farewell to Argentina. After a few days we caught the ferry to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay.
We didn't know then that we would be returning to Argentina--but not together. |