Buenos Aires, January 29-30

It's been a very busy few days!  The metropolitan area of Buenos Aires numbers about 14 million people, making it the 5th largest city in the Americas.  Our local guide told us we would need weeks to explore this huge, diverse, 400-year-old city, and I believe it!!

Downtown Buenas Aries

The majority of the natives of Buenos Aires have European origins, with Italian and Spanish the most common.  The Jewish community is one of the largest in the world.   It is one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world and is often referred to as "the Paris of South America".

I'll recap just a few of the memorable events there.

Plaza de Mayo is the city center and seat of the executive branch of the government.

   This is the balcony of the building where Eva Peron is said to have addressed the people of Argentina.

The Recoleta Cemetery is one of the most unique graveyards in the world.   It is always listed as one of the tourist highlights of the city. It has 6400 graves, each one different in a wide assortment of architectural styles.  They include miniature Greek temples and Baroque cathedrals.

This is the grave of Eva Peron