Buenos Aires. There are a lot of ways people have described this place, like:
- The Paris of South America
- Capital of a country full of faded glory
- The birthplace of Tango
- Home to a great culinary history
We were lucky enough to visit B.A. twice – once in November at the end of the first part of our trip (before we went back to the States for a couple of months), and when we returned to South America in early February.
The first time around, we didn’t get much of a sense of the city. We arrived on a Saturday morning after having traveled about 3300 miles in two days (2300 miles from Easter Island to Santiago, and 1000 miles from Santiago to Buenos Aires) – the equivalent of flying from San Francisco to Chicago, then taking a bus to Boston. Since our plane left on Monday night, we spent two days getting reservations made for our return to the city, and then walked around on Monday. We did see one or two kind of funny things along the way, though (click the photo to see the photos of the fully-decked out Christmas tree – in a mall in early November):
Yes, it says “You are going to feel like you robbed us!”
When we came back, we were a little more rested than we had been, we were excited to travel, and we had more time in Buenos Aires. So, the second time around we were able to (Click each photo to see the rest of the photos from that area):
- Tour La Boca, the famed neighborhood of colors (and poverty)
- Walk through El Caminito – the only touristy part of La Boca
- See the stadium and fan club of the legendary Argentinian futbol team, Boca Juniors
- See an incredible Tango show, which had 12 dancers and a live band with 14 amazing performers
- Visit La Recoleta Cemetary, the famed mausoleum that houses the ancestors of many of the city’s most important families, including Evita – Eva Peron
- Experience a real pro-league Futbol game – we saw River Plate play Rosario Central at River Plate
We had a great time the second time around in Buenos Aires, and we even found had some good food karma while we were there!
