Photos of Buenos Aires
Ok, I finally have been taught how to upload pictures…wow, it’s kind of a big ordeal! It’s a lot harder for me to put pictures on my blog than it is for Matt to put on his, so it’s taken me a while to get around to it. I have a ton of pictures, but here are just a few to show you guys a little bit of Buenos Aires.
This is a really famous landmark in Buenos Aires, called El Obelisco. It’s right in the center of town and is located on street called 9 de Julio, which is supposedly the widest street in the world. It’s 16 lanes wide at one point. Our apartment is just a couple blocks away from here.
This is the port in Buenos Aires, Puerto Madero. There are tons of resaraunts and shops along here that are really new and modern. There are also a lot of business buildings, and a couple of my classes are held in buildings here.
This is Plaza de Mayo. There are tons of political protests here all the time, and this is where some of the violence occured in 2001 when they had the economic crash here.
Matt and I sitting in the Plaza de Mayo just a couple days after arriving.
This is the Recoleta Cemetary, where a lot of famous Argenines are burried, including Eva Peron. It’s huge and and pretty amazing.
Eva Peron’s grave. It’s not a very good picture because there were too many people surrounding it to get a really good shot.
This is a street in San Telmo, one of my favorite areas in Buenos Aires. There are tons of really cool antique flea markets here. There are also a lot of really cool cafes and bars in this area.
A group of really cute old men playing cards in Plaza Dorego, in San Telmo. This a really cool little plaza that reminds me a lot of the plazas in Spain.
On Sundays in San Telmo there is a big antique street fair in the center plaza, and all throughout the streets there are people selling things, playing music, and dancing tango. Here is a really big street band and some tango dancers from a couple weeks ago.
This is Plaza San Martin, a really cool plaza in an area called Retiro, a few blocks from our house. Since we live in the center of town, it’s nice to have plaza like this closeby to go sit in and get away from all the noise and traffic right by our house!
A different part of Plaza San Martin.
Mate is a HUGE part of Argentine life. Mate is a really strong herbal tea that you drink out of a thing like the one in the picture. Argentines absolutely love this stuff and drink it all the time. If you go a park or plaza, people all around you are drinking it and talking. They drink it in the street, at the office, at home…they drink it like crazy. I think it tastes pretty gross, but I guess it grows on you.
I have a lot more pictures that I’d like to post, but I’m going kind of crazy here because it’s kind of a huge pain to do here in the internet cafe. I will post some more really soon, but for now hopefully you enjoy these ones! I really do have a lot more that I wanted to post now, but I just dont have the time right now. I will write an update on how things are going very soon too.
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