Buenos Aires, Argentina

Last month I visited Buenos Aires for a few days. Here are some of the photos I took there. As usual, click on any thumbnail for the full-size picture.
This post is dedicated to our favorite greek-argentinian, apos.

Over the Andes, flying Santiago-Buenos Aires	Taking a break…	La Boca, the working class neighborhood	A presidential guard
From the windows of the Casa Rosada, the Presidential Palace	Inside the Casa Rosada	Casa Rosada	The 67 m high Obelisco
The Teatro Colón, one of the great opera houses	Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)	Santo Domingo; San Telmo neighborhood begins here	Squares in B.A. have facebook pages!
The Ministry of the Army	Iglesia Nuestra Señora de Belen, in San Telmo	The Buenos Aires cathedral	The goth, haunted-looking School of Engineering
Nuestra Señora del Pilar, outside La Recoleta Cemetery	At the Recoleta Cemetery	Sic transit gloria mundi	Evita Peron's grave, in the Duarte family lot, La Recoleta Cemetery
La Recoleta Cemetery	At La Recoleta Cemetery	The 60 ft high "Floralis Genérica", by Eduardo Catalano (2002)	The School of Law, at Recoleta
On the The Argentine National Congress	What would a latin american capital be without a demonstration!	The Mausoleum of José de San Martín, the leader of independence	The Argentine National Congress