Saturday, July 11, 2015

Buenos Aires Part 2


Microcenter and San Telmo 

Jose de San Martin and la Bandera Nacional 

Las Rojas with Casa Rosada ( the president's offices) in the background. Las Rojas is a group focused on violence against women

The Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo.  Founded in 1977, during the Dictatorship, the grandmothers are part of a human rights group devoted to finding their grandchildren. The children were stolen and illegally adopted from political prisoners who were then disappeared

The crosses represent the soldiers who fell during the war of the Islas Malvinas/ Falkland Islands in 1982

Early morning bread delivery 

San Telmo 

Antique shops 

Sunday Antique fair in San Telmo 


Gaucho 

Mates 

Hot coffee and mate with sweet buns 


Palermo and Recoleta 



Farmers' market 


Beautiful parks 



Recoleta cemetery: a cat's favorite sleeping place. Note how the dog's nose is worn from being rubbed so much. Just like Porcellino in Florence!  
 









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