Buenos Aires First Impressions
Hello! Buenos Aires! (I can almost hear Madonna singing from Evita in the background as I type...) Yes, here I am on my blog revealing a deep, dark secret. I am fascinated with Evita (Eva Peron). I loved the Madonna movie, can sing nearly the entire soundtrack, find the story of Eva Peron to be interesting and think it may be the reason I´m sitting here in Buenos Aires right now. Truth is, I can´t remember when I decided I wanted to come to Buenos Aires, but it´s been high on the travel shopping list for some time and now I´m happy to say I´m here!
Getting here is a long trip, but easier than going to Europe in many ways. The time difference is only 4 hours, so adjusting to the change is much easier. The flight from Dallas is 10 hours, but since it´s truly overnight, it goes by fairly fast since I spent most of the night dozing in and out of consciousness. Even with an empy airline seat next to me, it´s not good sleep so I took a nap once I got to my hotel and at 7 PM am just trying to keep my eyes open long enough that i´ll sleep through the night once I hit the pillow.
They call Buenos Aires the ´Paris of the Americas´(not South as previously posted) I can certainly see some of the European influence here, but then that´s contrasted with a sort of mid 20th century modernism. (see crazy photo of the contradiction in architecture.) I´ve spent most of the afternoon wandering the central city and am now in the San Telmo neighborhood. This area is known for it´s flea markets and Tango dancing, though not sure I have the energy to Tango tonight!
In my wandering, I got to relive that moment in Evita where she steps out and sings to the people (Madonna sang, I´m guessing Eva didn´t!) and see the famous Casa Rosada. As you can see it´s a rainy dreary day here in Buenos Aires, but ´Don´t Cry For Me Argentina´.
