Buenos Aires

Here are pictures from our month in Buenos Aires.

I forgot to blog this picture with the last batch. This is a pic of Brett hanggliding in Rio de Janeiro.


Here's our metro stop...it was no Bilbao metro for those of you familiar...very old, screeching loud cars that rode with the windows down. It took us a while to learn how to say it.


Antiques fair in Plaza Dorrego in San Telmo. This area of this city is known for it's cafes and tango.


Free tango show in Plaza Dorrego


They were serious about their flag. The guards would get there and wait til the clock struck 6 to move.


Brett in a Japanese garden


Brett caught my reaction to an 85 year old man winking and giving me kissy noises


The cats in Buenos Aires ruled the botanical garden. They came complete with a catlady that fed them


El Caminito is a very colorful street in the neighborhood La Boca. La Boca is known for its art and very colorful homes. It's also known for its sketchy areas and tourists are warned to never wander of the tourist path.


Here's a shot of the river in the La Boca area. Very very polluted


The elusive jackalope (minus the little antlers)


These little guys loved being fed. They were all over the zoo hanging out with the ducks. Apparently they're called nutria (according to Brett..i had never heard of them)


Recoleta's famous cemetery


A woman's tomb and a statue of her and her dog...made me want a statue like that with coopy at my side


My friends kelly and gary in front of the Casa Rosada..The pink house used to be where the President resides..now just used for government offices.


Argentina's Congress building..a copy of ours.


Café Tortoni - established in 1887..or 1878..either way, it's old


Shopping at the hippie fair in Recoleta


Cool pink church in Recoleta


Giant ombú trees in Recoleta


I preferred to pick my wine by the cute label (so did kelly). This one made the cut.


Brett's sleeping area for a while due to the noisy streets below.


Another great dinner cooked by Brett (i prefer to clean...nice bra straps, ruby..trash-y)



Hanging out on the balcony


Antique shopping in SanTelmo


The Obelisque (sp?)...another copy but looked great on this street. It gave me a Times Square feel at night with all the fluorescent lights


We decided to class it up one night and take in a dinner and a show..Here's dinner


And here's the show. It was a very small place and the musicians and dancers were impressive.


When we arrived in Buenos Aires we decided to take tango lessons and Brett wanted to take private spanish lessons. We found both teachers independently on craigslist and they ended up being idential twin sisters.