Monthly Archives: January 2010

The Evita Museum is worth visiting. In addition to the numerous artifacts and photos, I enjoyed the news reel footage of showing the public Evita at historic events.

Tigre is a town located north of BsAs in the estuary of the Rio de Plata. In the old days, there was an epidemic in the city and people fled here to escape contamination. I took a pleasant ride on … Continue reading →

No es Cristo,, ni Buda No es Ala, ni Mahoma El es del pueblo Argentino sin duda… Diego Armando Maradona Boca is a characteristic BsAs neighborhood or “barrio.” You can visit the river, art museums for the famous painter Quinquela … Continue reading →

Evita is buried here as well as many of Argentina’s founders, presidents and generals. Coffins lying in open mausoleums and vines growing on statues of departed ancestors remind me of our ultimate destiny–and the need to enjoy life now.

The Obelisk is the geographic center of Buenos Aires. It sits at 9 de Lulio and Corrientes. 9 de Julio is an enormous boulevard, reportedly the widest in the world, maybe eight lanes in each direction. Corrientes is the Broadway … Continue reading →

San Telmo is a “barrio” or neighborhood in BsAs. It is older and more intersting than many. On Sundays there is an artisan crafts show in the plaza and a large street fair stretching toward La Plaza de Mayo. Street … Continue reading →

Each morning the alarm rings: coffee, shave, and shower. Books, water bottle, sunblock–or do I need an umbrella today? At 8:30 a.m., elevator down, walk two blocks past my friends at the Vero Cafe, into the subte at Pasteur. Catch … Continue reading →