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    I climbed between 2 buses to get this photo of Juan and Evita Peron with a soccer player on the balcony.: by suziqtn, Views[240]
         		 Mafalda, a well-known cartoon character in Argentina, was 6 years old when she appeared in 1964. She was a political and social commentator.: by suziqtn, Views[290]
         		 Basketball is popular here, too.: by suziqtn, Views[242]
         		 Mural.: by suziqtn, Views[221]
         		 Close-up.: by suziqtn, Views[244]
     
    Note more statues on top of this store.: by suziqtn, Views[209]
         		 Another street scene.: by suziqtn, Views[234]
         		 He was a painter born in La Boca and is one of the most popular Argentine painters. : by suziqtn, Views[252]
         		 Ha! I took this photo because off the blue balcony above this woman's head, hangs a statue of Pope Francis. Unfortunately, I didn't get what I was trying to take a photo of.: by suziqtn, Views[326]
         		 Tourists galore.: by suziqtn, Views[198]
     
    There was lots of good art and jewelry for sale. I wished I hadn't left my money on the bus.: by suziqtn, Views[262]
         		 It's a busy place.: by suziqtn, Views[224]
         		 A street scene. Note the statues on the balcony.: by suziqtn, Views[176]
         		 The La Boca area of BA is a wildly colored Bohemian place. Not safe at night, but great during the day. I bought a lovely scarf here.: by suziqtn, Views[250]
         		 This large tulip sculpture, built to commemorate the Dutch influence here, opens and closes based on the amount of sunlight!: by suziqtn, Views[230]
     
    This swinging bridge was very unusual.: by suziqtn, Views[239]
         		 The post office.: by suziqtn, Views[292]
         		 Cafe Tortoni is the oldest cafe in Buenos Aires, founded in 1858.: by suziqtn, Views[264]
         		 The new train station was built to accomodate over 2.5 million people who commute into BA every day, nearly doubling the size of the city.: by suziqtn, Views[295]
         		 A long view of Eva Peron's grave. In addition, many notable people, including presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy, and a granddaughter of Napoleon are buried here.: by suziqtn, Views[271]
     
    The entrance to Recoleta cemetary. I went back to try to snap this photo and lost my tour group! A moment of terror. Luckily I found them just outside these gates.: by suziqtn, Views[200]
         		 Congressional building. They think the dome looks much like our capitol.: by suziqtn, Views[234]
         		 Casa Rosada -- a government building -- quite beautiful.: by suziqtn, Views[197]
         		 The Argentinian version of our Washington monument.: by suziqtn, Views[210]
         		 Apartment buildings.: by suziqtn, Views[244]
     
    The train station.: by suziqtn, Views[263]
         		 Another example of statues in the city.: by suziqtn, Views[242]
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         		 I loved this statue of the woman with her dog.: by suziqtn, Views[248]
         		 Here is a mausoleum where the family was part Jewish and part Catholic.: by suziqtn, Views[234]
         		 An example of the wrought-iron fencing.: by suziqtn, Views[249]
     
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         		 A close-up of Evita's grave (not her headstone on top -- Eva Peron). After her body was hidden in Italy for 11 years, it was brought back to the presidential palace. Upon the death of Juan Peron, his 3rd wife returned the body to Eva's family and she was buried here. Juan Peron is in a different cemetary.: by suziqtn, Views[237]
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         		 The statuary is absolutely stunning.: by suziqtn, Views[237]
     
    Another stained glass tomb.: by suziqtn, Views[235]
         		 It's easy to get lost in here.: by suziqtn, Views[146]
         		 Yet another lane of the cemetary. Many families can no longer afford to take care of their gravesites and the sites are going to ruin.: by suziqtn, Views[175]
         		 As you look through the windows of the mausoleums, many have stained glass windows.: by suziqtn, Views[177]
         		 Recoleta cemetary, where Evita is buried, was HUGE. I couldn't stop taking photos, as you'll see by the many which follow.: by suziqtn, Views[171]
     
    The city was full of many statues such as this one.: by suziqtn, Views[197]
         		 An example of their streets.: by suziqtn, Views[194]
         		 An interesting building...forgot what it is.: by suziqtn, Views[157]
         		 Many of the embassies had gorgeous old doors and wrought iron fencing.: by suziqtn, Views[195]
         		 Buenos Aires had lots of big government buildings and lots of apartments in tall buildings since the majority of their 3 million people live in apartments. The average one for a family of 4 is 800 square feet!: by suziqtn, Views[171]
     
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