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Buenos Aires, Argentina

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The Paris of South America, the Queen of the River Plate. In the year 1900 people thought that Argentina would become the wealthiest country in the Western Hemisphere. This is the city of the tango, the city of Perón and Evita. I spent three weeks here and could easily have spent months.

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Av. 9 de Julio	The subway is called "Subte" (subterráneo).	Corner of Mayo and 9 de Julio.
On the Av. de Mayo.	The Café Tortoni, the most traditional of the city.
The National Cathedral.		The Plaza de Mayo. The Casa Rosada in the background.
	A friend named Michael who I met during a tour of the Casa Rosada.	This is in a park in the more fashionable part of town.
On Av. Corrientes.	On Av. Corrientes.	The Ateneo bookstore is located in a former opera house.
Mosaic art in a subway station. This line has landscapes of different places in Spain.	This is a picture of Barcelona in the "Españoles" subway line, with the famous Sagrada Familia cathedral (by Gaudí).
A tile in the subway station.	Galerías Pacífico, an expensive mall.
Kioscos like this are everywhere.	The hostel Milhouse where I lived the first two weeks in Buenos Aires.	Av. 9 de Julio.