Finally Thursday I remembered to take my camera and to snatch some photos while on my grand expedition across the city...what amazes me is how clear the sky looks, but it is deceiving, because this same air made me so very sick, with the worst headache of my life...anyways...
The first picture is a shot taken from the median of Avenida 9 de Julio, which is an extremely wide and long road. I took the colectivo (what they call public pus here) to San Telmo, one of the tango barrios in order to scope a future school where I will be studying tango.. (cost ends up at about $4/lesson!). I am very excited to start tango classes here!
From San Telmo I ventured North and walked up to a more central part of the city...and stumbled in to Plaza del Congreso. where I saw this....see the Argentinian flag?
and this too....
...it was really nice to see some open space in this very congested city..so I enjoyed the pause from my walk and inundation of exhaust fumes for a little while, and people watched and dog watched...Buenos Aires is a very dog friendly city, and it is nice to see dogs of all shapes and sizes.....Oh, I also noticed one building this image, which I assume is Eva Peron...
Then as I continued my journey I walked by some lovely old structures, most of which, due to how narrow the streets I couldn't get a decent picture...but this apartment complex looked incredible...
and then this building reminded me of Paris. I guess this architecture is one reason they call Buenos Aires the Paris of South America, and strolling through some of these neighborhoods I swear that the Seine could have been just around the corner...I think I hear la vie en rose playing in the distance....
....or is it a Libertango?
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