Wednesday, December 29, 2010

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