With an overnight flight, wasn’t too bad, we arrived in Buenos Aires. From the air the city was a mass of high rise but from the ground it was just seemed chaotic with eight lane roads and lots of traffic. It took us about 45 minutes to reach our hotel and when we got out it was very warm after where we’d come from!
We were advised to book a restaurant for dinner for New Years Eve so headed out to explore our surroundings. We found the restaurant suggested and it looked decent with a reasonable price so we booked. Had a short siesta before going out to find supermarket and then to dinner.
On NYE we were taken on a tour of the city. It’s not as modern as we’d thought but there are lots of French and Italian influences in the buildings. We visited Cementerio do la Recoleta, a cemetery which was very different as you could see many of the coffins in the vaults. I thought it smelt a little strange! Many of the vaults were rundown and there were some extremely old coffins but some were well cared for and very large. This is where Eva Peron is buried.We then visited the church that Pope Frances was from.
We visited the area where Tango started - it was a colourful couple of streets and fine during the day but not a good spot at night. As we had a drink there were a couple of tango dancers - great foot work. A sit was NYE we went out to the booked restaurant and enjoyed a really good dinner but didn’t make it to midnight!
Today had a walk around the local area. Everywhere was closed and the streets deserted - very strange!
We were advised to book a restaurant for dinner for New Years Eve so headed out to explore our surroundings. We found the restaurant suggested and it looked decent with a reasonable price so we booked. Had a short siesta before going out to find supermarket and then to dinner.
On NYE we were taken on a tour of the city. It’s not as modern as we’d thought but there are lots of French and Italian influences in the buildings. We visited Cementerio do la Recoleta, a cemetery which was very different as you could see many of the coffins in the vaults. I thought it smelt a little strange! Many of the vaults were rundown and there were some extremely old coffins but some were well cared for and very large. This is where Eva Peron is buried.We then visited the church that Pope Frances was from.
We visited the area where Tango started - it was a colourful couple of streets and fine during the day but not a good spot at night. As we had a drink there were a couple of tango dancers - great foot work. A sit was NYE we went out to the booked restaurant and enjoyed a really good dinner but didn’t make it to midnight!
Today had a walk around the local area. Everywhere was closed and the streets deserted - very strange!
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