Friday, February 3, 2012

24Jan Buenos Aires from HOHO Bus

We were given another full day in BA!
How wonderful!
Buenos Aires! Beautiful clearer air after the rain last night!
We went to Plaza San Martin and took Buenos Aires Tourist Bus which is Hop On Hop Off Bus.
It has a great route running for nearly 4 hours.
It is city circle covering Plaza de Mayo, Monserrat, San Telmo, La Boca, Puerto Madero, Recoleta, Belgrano.


Torre de los Ingleses (Tower of English) near central station





Estacion Retiro (Retiro Station)

One of many towers and obelisk in city


Typical city apartment blocks



A man selling flowers to drivers in uptown Belgrano



An antique shop next to Starbucks coffee shop on street of Belgrano



Prestigious Polo Club



Monumento a los Espanoles



National Art Museum



Famous cemetery Recoleta is also very up-scale suburb



Opera House of BA Teatro Colon



Ave. 9 de Julio the widest road in the world with Obelisk



Casa Rosada the presidential palace from the other side of Plaza de Mayo



One of beautiful building near the parliament building



Right wing of the parliament building



Colorful neighborhood La Boca



Café 3 on Calle Florida we stopped for empanada and tapas



Strong real local espresso! Delicious!



On Calle Florida



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