Buenos Aires, Argentina

“Buenos Aires means “fair winds” or “good airs” and possibly polluted water” according to our guide who was not very proud that the water was so polluted with industrial waste that there was no swimming or fishing allowed. Nevertheless, we enjoyed beautiful mid 70’s weather and a very informative four hour tour of the city. The city looked good, in fact, much better than it looked ten years ago when we were last here. It is a beautiful city with wonderul parks, plazas and lots of activity.

We started out early in the morning and beat the president to work. We saw his daily commute helicopter arrive at the capital. Jenni also got a shot of the presidential protection force shown at the top of the blog. Nearby we visited the Metropolitan Cathedral, who’s former bishop is now Pope.

We visited a very interesting neighborhood called La Boka with many shops restaurants and street food vendors.

We passed a very interesting stainless steel flower that actually opens and closes.

Then we went to the famous Recoleta cemetery where among many others Eva Peron is buried, so to speak, as all the tombs are above ground. It is like a quiet little community of good neighbors.

And in closing I was quite taken with a person scrubbing out a tomb. Actually a good idea not frequently observed as far as I could see.

Back on the ship we sat on the deck into the night watching containers being moved around by giant machines.