Beautiful City

Paula and I might have a new favorite city! Buenos Aires is like no other city we have visited in South America. It is very European. The area or barrio we are in is reminiscent of France. Paula remarked earlier in the day that certain areas reminded her of London. Buenos Aires is big, the ninth largest city, but is very friendly and easy to get around by foot. The streets, for the most part, are broad and tree lined with ample sidewalks. The shady streets are welcome as the mid summer sun is very warm and bright.




The city is full of beautiful parks or plazas with large gum trees and flowering jacaranda. The gum trees are some of the largest trees we have seen, low branches stretching for a hundred feet. We ate at an outdoor cafe on Sunday that was contained completely beneath the canopy of a single, magnificent tree.




We followed one of the main boulevards, Avenida 9 de Julio, through the heart of the city. It is a wide avenue (twelve traffic lanes in width) divided by a pedestrian park thoroughfare down its length. Near the intersection with Avenida de Mayo is this large obelisk, El Obelisco. It commemorates the 400th anniversary of the capital.




About six blocks to the right down Avenida de Mayo is the Plaza del Congresso which contains the congress and a number of other federal buildings. Equal distance to the left is the Plaza del Mayo. Plaza del Mayo is the oldest plaza in the city and is the heart of Buenos Aires. The president's quarters and office are here along with the federal bank and the oldest cathedral in the city.












After leaving Plaza del Mayo we stumbled across Plaza San Martin with it's historic clock tower.




Buenos Aires is a vibrant, busy city full of friendly, handsome people.






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Location:Posadas,Buenos Aires,Argentina