Buenos Aires
June 3-6th
The Obelix in the middle of Avenida 9 de Julio |
Plaza de Mayo and the pink government building |
Tango dancers in the streets everywhere |
Musicians playing in the street |
The market in San Telmo |
with lots of antiques |
Old family homes have been turned into |
small shops for tourists |
Ficus plants grow into big trees on the streets |
More antique and second hand shops |
New designers sell their clothes at the Plaza Dorrego market aswell |
Lots of people enjoying the sunny Sunday in San Telmos streets |
Recoletta cemetary in the middle of the city |
Lots of mausoleums in different architectural styles packed close together |
An old grave with many coffins piled ontop of each other |
Eva Peron or Evita's grave |
Many have little alters inside |
Hundreds of angels on the rooftops |
Sunday afternoon in the park |
Martina and Clara enjoying cotton candy |
while most of the Argentineans drink matte |
Cute grocery shop |
Not all parts of the city are as nice |
The bead store!!!!! |
Colourful houses in La Boca |
which is the old harbour |
and is now a very touristy area |
with many artists |
Me on my bike tour |
View of the city from the ecological reserv |
Puerto Maderas harbour |
Bike trail in the ecological reserv |
View in the other direction compared to above |
The bridge is supposed to represent a couple dancing tango (don't ask how...) |
Cute statue in the harbour area |
A door with typical Argentinean painting |
My favorite of the Buenos Aires cow parade |
Along the quay in the port |
Lunch in the sun at Plaza Dorrego |
Breakfast at our hostel |
Flower sculpture at the U.N. park |
Nice birds in the wild |
Even the street art is nicer here |
Fat tree apparently stocking up on water |
Even in the fall there are nice flowering trees |