33 BA Aires

So a good hostel and a good meal and a good nights sleep . The sun is shining and it’s time to wander .
Well welcome to the world Poppy!

A walk around the town or a least a rectangle ! East first to plaza de mayo and the orange congress building then south through the plaza de las Armas and its curious statues/ cartoon characters!. The city has a feeling similar to Barcelona but without the closeness to the sea .
We wander through the Telma area also with its national iconic cartoon character Milfalda and with chocolate shop after chocolate shop!
The bustling San Telmo market is selling everything !
Further in there’s the smallest house in town and the El Zanjon museum caves .
Further south it’s La Boca territory and football colours everywhere on the houses that are overwhelmed by the huge football ground of Boca Juniors .
The Caminito area is a mass of coloured houses, statues of the Pope and Maradona and other Argentinian football hero’s. Supposedly the area is the alley mentioned in the Tango song but it’s actually 1950s development over previous disused railway lines and dumps by a local artist who painted port life with vibrant colours!
Tango dancers and restaurant bars everywhere . All colours and sounds everywhere. It’s quite a place!
A quiet beer and we witness the tango dancers do their thing outside the bar - without music oddly!
Walking back north we visit the pasaje Lanin which is a relatively recent redesign of houses with mosaics - stripes and squiggles and primary colours cover the facades.

Heading back past we pass the NY Central station like Plaza Constitution train station.
Heading home we pass Eva Perons face on the ministry of public works building in the middle of July 9 Avenue.
A good hike , time to buy some get in the house presents and some fruit !
The gothic like building Palacio Barolo looms over the street - it supposed to be modelled on Dante’s Divine comedy ! 22 floors of hell heaven and purgatory to get to top and a good view! Maybe a night time view ?
An excellent sunny days walk - tonight another restaurant hunt but since everyone eats late we should be able to find something !Leggi altro