ARGENTINA Buenos Aires is city were your senses can literarily tango through new experiences.
Traveling is all about experiences. I love all the new sights, sents and smells you can explore when visiting new places.
But traveling is also about the preperations you do before going, and the memories that you bring with you back home. Norway now adays is cold and grey, and in such dull weather I always find comfort in some of my many warm travel memories.
To day I want to share some pictures from my stay in Buenos Aires. The stay was short, but sweet. I just visited a couple of days before and after our trip to Antarctica.
But since we had so short time, we did a lot of research before going, and I do think we managed to see the most essential parts of the city.
We saw the beautiful parks, the famous tomb of Eva Perón, the pink castle, ate a real Argentinian steak and saw several spectacular dance shows both in the theater and in the streets.
The memories we made, still makes me wanna dance away to the special beat of the Argentine tango.
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Driving in to Buenos Aires, one of the first things we saw was a big mural of the citys ever present first lady, Eva Perón.
The second thing we noticed was all the purple jacaranda trees. I really love these threes, and they are all around!
La Casa Rosada is often translated in English to The Pink Palace. It is the office of the president of Argentina.
I love that it is literarily lit in pink at night.
The first day we strolled around the city, which is full of parks and threes.
And some of the trees are impressive in size. Especially the roots. And they give shadow in the heat for the many dog walkers.
The dog walkers are every where. Like here when we had our first glass of Argentinian wine.
And every where they are really generous with their pouring.
One of the most visited sights in Buenos Aires is the Recoleta Cemetery. At first it seemed strange to me to visit a cemetery..
But this one is really different, and really nice.
It´s like a statue park, that gives you glimpse of the Argentinian history.
And even though it feels a bit strange, this is a place where everyone takes photos and selfies…
And of course, this is where Eva Peróns tomb is. A place that both locals and tourists visit.
Eva Perón served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She has become a national icon, as well as a a part of international popular culture, most famously in the musical Evita (1976).
Buenos Aires is also perfect for shopping! There are nice malls close to the Recoleta Cemetery. But..
The coolest shopping is in Palermo, where they have a lot of small designer shops.
And really nice cafes!
Like this one 🙂
A must see in Buenos Aires is the La Boca area.
La Boca is known for its colorful houses and tango in the streets.
And there is colorful art everywhere.
Art you can buy.
And art you can pose with.
Art on the balconies.
The houses themselves serves as art.
And I love all the small backyards where you can find cozy stores.
And colorful staircases.
And you get live music.
And of course live tango.
Everywhere!
But don´t wander off, especially not at night, because the outskirts of the area is not safe.
At night you can go to one of the famous tango shows.
And see legendary dancing.
And have a real Argentinean steak before the show.
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