Buenos Aires

I apologize for this post's layout. I have been having a hard time uploading pictures and my lack of technology skills is definitely becoming a problem. Maybe I will sign up for classes.

Here we are La Boca. This area of Buenos Aires was founded by the immigrants and they made their houses out of whatever materials they could find and painted them whatever color of paint was available. Now it is full of artists and is a really awesome Bohemian area. There is art all over and lots of street performers doing the Tango. Doug got propositioned here by more than one gorgeous Argentine woman.

This is the grave of Jose de San Martin. He was basically the toughest and smartest guy around. He liberated Chile, Argentina, and Peru all without modern technology. He was someone you definitely did not want to mess around with. He could kick all of our bums in the blink of an eye. The Argentine people adore him .

This is at Cafe Tortoni, a local cafe where famous writers, poets, and artists would gather to share their thoughts. Here we are with Jorge Luis Borges. He is my favorite author and was brilliant. He wrote most of his stories after he was blind. His writing is beautiful and I highly recommend it. His poem Instants is my favorite poem, google it. I'm trying out my assertiveness for the classroom.

The Plaza de Mayo and the Argentine equivalent to the White House.

During the Dirty War of Argentina many of the opposition to the government "disappeared." Every Thursday mothers of the "disappeared" gather in the Plaza de Mayo demanding answers about their children. If you are interested in this at all there is a great movie called La Historia Official that deals with this. I enjoyed it and it won an Oscar so the Academy must have liked it as well.

Here we are at Evita Peron's grave.







Lady KJ and I listening to Juliette, our tour guide. We are extremely attentive and interested students.







Buenos Aires from the air.