Monday ... We ventured down to the City Center to see the Plaza de Mayo, Florida Avenue, and the Casa Rosada (Pink House). It was a completely different side of the city - people going to work for the day and lots of gorgeous old government buildings. The Casa Rosada is where the families in charge used to live. Really interesting place. Florida Avenue is the most crowded place I have ever been - and that says a lot coming from a New York resident. You really only need to see it for a second.
Took a cab down to the blue collar part of town - La Boca -to see all these colorful houses and a little arts fair. It's on the water, and back in the day people just used left over paint from the ships to paint their homes and now the little streets look like a brightly colored quilt ... a quilt with tango dancers all over it asking you for money. Very cool though.
Then a little trek to Recoletta. This is the Madison Avenue of BA, and also where the coolest historic attraction is - the cemetery. It's apparently very important to see and be seen here even after you die. Evita is buried there, too. I will have to describe it in tomorrow's post, though. By the time we got there it was closed for the day. Adios!
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