Buenos Aires
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| I'm talkin' here ... |
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| The woman in the window ... ? |
Argentina and Brazil are big football (soccer) rivals.
Their teams are very well known in the World Cup.
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| ... she sees all. |
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| How do we know it's an American couple? Is it the plaid shorts and white socks? |
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| the fire department mural |
Why aren't our
neighbourhoods
as colourful?
next stop Recoleta Cemetery
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| Recoleta Cemetery |
Parking, even for specially licensed tour buses, is at a premium on the traffic-congested streets of Buenos Aires. Our man, Hernan, performs his magic. The policewoman grants his request.
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| Claustros Historicos |
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| a dark, funereal place |
the remains of the known: the wealthy, generals, sports stars, politicos
the tomb of Evita Peron, heroine of Argentina
The clouds could hold no more and their bladders burst
onto the streets ...
drenching the unprepared tourists.
The graveyard rodents ran faster than we did.
The down-rushing of the Holy Spirit was only Adam's Ale, after all. We were all soaked to the skin but the air was warm. We dried from the shoulders down on the bus ride back to the ship. The only discomfort was the feeling of sitting in urine-peepee with such wet pants.
A hot afternoon sun returned to chase away the flash storm.
Dry clothes awaited in our stateroom.
Shore-bought Malbec wine smoothed out the afternoon.
...ooo0ooo...
next post is Punta del Este and Montevideo
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