Sightseeing in Buenos Aires

Wherein Alan does the sightseeing bit en el centro and visits Helena's in Devoto.


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Casa Rosada (formally the Palacio del Gobierno Nacional): the presidential palace.

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La Casa Rosada.

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In the Museo de la Casa de Gobierno, an ... inspiring ... portrait of the Perón family. What a couple.

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Between the Casa Rosada and the Parque Colón.

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Catacombs of the Fuerte Viejo, an 18th century colonial ruin. Behind the Casa Rosada.

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Edificio Libertador(?)

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Waiting for dog go.

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The galeria to end all galerias. Las Galerías Pacífico.

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Acrobats during a little show in the galería.

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More acrobatics.

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While looking for bargains one can see the agony and the ecstasy.

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La Calle Florida, a tango show on the street. Here, showing how men danced together before the tango worked its way up to the status of uncultured, low life passtime in the early 1900s, before working its way further up to just plain cool.

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It takes two.

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Neighborhood café in Devoto. Across the street from a great ice cream spot.

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I liked the roof.

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The artist's signature.

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Los Ocho Hermanos, the family deli since way before I was around to remember.

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