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Here are some pictures from the city of Buenos Aires to round up my trip to Argentina. I was there for one month but spend most of my time indoors watching the 2010 World Cup. In contrast to my last trip there 4 years ago, I didn’t go crazy with food and “only” put on 2 kilos (about 4.5 lbs). What surprised me was how cold it was almost every single day. I didn’t remember the city to be that cold while growing up there.

Casa Rosada

Plaza de Mayo

Corner of Roque Saenz Peña and San Martin

It was my first time ever visiting Caminito in the neighborhood of La Boca. Despite being a very cold afternoon in Buenos Aires, there were a lot of tourists visiting the place.

Caminito, La Boca

Maradona on the balcony

Wall art

Caminito, La Boca

Caminito, La Boca

Caminito, La Boca

Maradona, Evita and Gardel

Caminito, La Boca

Old tram rails

Maradona stencil art

Evita and Che Guevara

Celebrities on the balconies

Street art

Caminito, La Boca

Caminito, La Boca

Caminito, La Boca

Caminito, La Boca

Caminito, La Boca

Caminito, La Boca

Old cafe

Caminito, La Boca

Cementerio de Recoleta is a must for people visiting Buenos Aires. The place is so jam packed with mausoleums statues and architectural details that one could spend a whole day to see it all.

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Tomb of Liliana Crociati de Szaszak

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Cementerio de Recoleta

Mausoleum interior

There are lots of important Argentine people buried here, from former presidents to artists to sports figures.

Luis Firpo

Evita’s burial place is easy to spot because you can always find a group of people standing around it at any time. She is in her family’s mausoleum.

Evita Duarte (de Peron) resting place

Evita Duarte (de Peron) resting place

Some tombs were unkept and in pretty bad shape. Some have even been vandalized.

Unkept Tomb

Vandalized tomb

There were however workers doing restoration work at the main entrance.

Restoration work at front entrance

During my almost 5-week stay to the city where I grew up and lived for 15 years, I had a chance to visit San Telmo. I never visited this place while living there. The first time was my last visit to Buenos Aires 4 years ago. I was happy to be back again during a Sunday, when they have their antique fair in Plaza Dorrego.

Mates

Botellas de soda

Botellas de soda

Feria de San Telmo

Old license plates and signs

Signs

Feria de San Telmo

Antique food packaging

Artist with his work

I got there a little too late. At around 4:30pm, the antique stalls were already starting to pack up and close. I walked around the neighborhood  for a little bit.

San Telmo

Young musicians performing tango

Parroquia San Pedro Telmo

I found 2 interesting mimes on the street. I really liked the girl’s expressions.

Mimes

Mimes

One block away from Plaza Dorrego is Pasaje de la Defensa, an big house constructed in 1880 and is now a commercial gallery.

Pasaje de la Defensa

Pasaje de la Defensa

Old fountain

Pasaje de la Defensa

El Patio del Tiempo

Mercado San Telmo

Mercado San Telmo

Mercado San Telmo

Old car emblems

Mercado San Telmo

Mercado San Telmo

A short visit to my parents. I found Cordoba to be cleaner and less hectic that Buenos Aires. There is a huge number of churches in the city center, sometimes only a few yards from one another.

Catedral de Cordoba

Interior of Catedral de Cordoba

Manzana Jesuitica

Cats at Manzana Jesuitica

Iglesia de los Capuchinos

Iglesia de los Capuchinos

Iglesia de los Capuchinos

Iglesia de los Capuchinos

Iglesia de los Capuchinos

Catedral de Cordoba at Night

Catedral de Cordoba at Night

Catedral de Cordoba at Night

San Martin Statue, Plaza San Martin