Buenos Aires...and the sky is blue

We are in Buenos Aires. Arrived with blasting sun and it is still shining. What a city...13 million people. Smog, skyscrapers, too many cars, you name it, the city has it. But also tango, streets like in Paris, coffee bars with pastry, markets, antiques shops, far too much to inhale. We love it...There are big contrasts though, but that's for later. We have nestled ourselves in the "barrio" San Telmo, where most of the tourist are probably. But it really is a nice place to be staying. There are a lot of antique- and handicraftshops, with millions of little things of everything you can't find anymore anywhere else. Here are some impressions.

We went to different "barrio's", as they have so many here and each one has its own specialities. The coloured photo's are of the district where Maradona was born and this you notice. They exploite a few touristic streets with amazing coloured houses, but it does not feel real, nor nice. The rest is poor and neglected, as often. And the advice is to stay out after dark...so we did.

We also went to the cemetary where "Eva Duarte Perón was burried. She died of cancer and did not live to see 34. That day is was the first day that is was cloudy and very, very, very cold. With the wind it felt like -10 or something, so an excellent day to visit a cemetary, but it really did me in...But it was a beautiful cemetary, in the Recolata quarter which is a very rich area. They came from the area where we are now but fled from yellow fever a century ago to this part. The gravestones where bigger than live, so very suitable for this area...