Buenos Aires
Wednesday, 21 November 2007 (and earlier)
What about Buenos Aires? We were there four different times, because, as has been mentioned, it is difficult to fly from one Argentine city to another without having to go through the domestic airport of Buenos Aires. We spent a total of six nights in the capital, staying in different neighborhoods including fashionable Recoleta. The area we liked best was Palermo, a trendy area to the northwest.
Buenos Aires has a lot of parks, and they are well used. Many have a statue or two in them. The parade of people does not seem to slow down in the parks, or in the city itself.
Residents eat a lot of beef prepared many different ways. The portions frankly are too big. But somehow the locals manage to leave nothing behind. Here is a typical scene—a professional griller, this one in a restaurant in the Puerto Madero neighborhood.
The architecture of the city is varied, old and new. Trees are a very important part of the city’s look and feel.
There is a famous cemetery in town, and all the tourists are told to see it. We went. We saw it. Want to see Eva Peron’s resting place? Here it is! Short on time? Skip the cemetery and go to the trendy and fun Palermo neighborhood on the D subway line and walk and talk and enjoy being alive.
This shows a map of the flights we took within Argentina, a total of 5,457 miles.
We flew home on November 22 through Atlanta, 7,138 miles. So we flew almost 20,000 total on this trip.
