Buenos Aires by Neighborhood

Each neighborhood in Buenos Aires (BsAs) has it's own personality, which I have enjoyed trying to get to know during the week spent here. It is a large enough city that you can easily spend just one day booking it around to multiple neighborhoods or just have a lazy day getting to take in a better feel for one place. Each neighborhood has its "hot spots" as well as "hot times" to be there, for a weekly outdoor market or spontaneous street tango.

I am just getting around to uploading photos, so they are not well edited and do not yet have captions to orient you to the fun I have had in each place! But check back to see photos.

- The city center http://picasaweb.google.com/dcromp/ArgentinaElCentro

- San Telmo http://picasaweb.google.com/dcromp/ArgentinaSanTelmo

- Recoleta http://picasaweb.google.com/dcromp/ArgentinaRecoletta

- Palermo http://picasaweb.google.com/dcromp/ArgentinaPalermo

- La Boca http://picasaweb.google.com/dcromp/ArgentinaLaBoca

- And Colonia, Uruguay (hope I am not insulting any Uruguayans by grouping them with BsAs) http://picasaweb.google.com/dcromp/Uruguay

Even after a week of taking in BsAs, there is still so much I wanted to do! It's actually not a city where (in my opinion) there are very specific landmark places to go - but because its great to just take in the feel of each place and try new restaurants and go back to the places I enjoyed being at (like a cool cafe that serves mate, an herbal tea that is VERY popular in this part of the world but hard to get if you don't have local friends!), I would love to stay longer. But I am very excited about upcoming plans - I am now off to Iguazu Falls, along the Argentine and Brazil border!