Juxtaposition

I like this juxtaposition of old and new on a waterway in Buenos Aires.

La Boca

We spent a much-too-short time in Buenos Aires' La Boca District where there is so much to see. But the bus must move on because we have a schedule! Many of the buildings are painted bright colors like these.

Per Wikipedia:
La Boca is a neighborhood, or barrio of the Argentine capital. It is known throughout the sporting world as the home of Boca Juniors, one of world's top football clubs. La Boca is a popular destination for tourists visiting Argentina, with its colorful houses and pedestrian street, the Caminito, where tango artists perform and tango-related memorabilia is sold. Other attractions include the La Ribera theater, many tango clubs and Italian taverns, as well as La Bombonera, home of Boca Juniors.

Chairs

Lounge chairs in a park - Buenos Aires.

Graffiti

Yes, lots of graffiti in Buenos Aires, most of it showing the artist's talent, if only for graphics.

SemiRapido

Is that the same as half-fast?

Pink Tongue

The Recoleta Cemetery has many feral cats, I suppose to keep down the rat and mouse population. I saw several cats and they did not seem afraid of people, but Pink Tongue was the most willing to pose.

Jose

At one time, the Suarez Family had money to build a granite tomb in Buenos Aires' Recoleta Cemetery, but they must have fallen on hard times. A little yellow paint is all they could afford for Jose.

If you'd like to know more about this famous cemetery; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Recoleta_Cemetery

Woman and her dog

In the cemetery where we saw Evita's tomb, is this beautiful tomb commemorating a woman and her beloved dog. Notice that people rub the dog's nose.

Evita

I'll be taking a hiatus of a few days to have and recover from hammer-toe surgery. I'll be back soon.

We visited the cemetery at Recoleta, Buenos Aires, and came upon Evita's much-decorated tomb.

María Eva Duarte de Perón (7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952) was the second wife of President Juan Domingo Perón (1895–1974) and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita, which literally translates into English as "Little Eva". Thanks to Wikipedia. For more see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Per%C3%B3n

Pink Palace

No photo tomorrow.

The Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires is known as the Pink Palace because of its color. President Domingo Sarmiento, who beautified the drab building with patios, gardens and wrought-iron grillwork, had the exterior painted pink reportedly in order to defuse political tensions by mixing the red and white colors of the country's opposing political parties.

Eva Peron made her famous speeches at this building from the balcony under the flag pole.

Pigeon

Perched in a hole in a wall, unperturbed by the passersby, this beautiful black and white pigeon sat near the cemetery in Buenos Aires. More on the cemetery later.

Dogs

Everywhere in South America we saw loose dogs, apparently belonging to no one. Sometimes we saw where they had overturned garbage cans and scattered the contents. They all seemed docile and we never saw any fighting. However, not all dogs were loose! Here are three images from Buenos Aires: a park full of loose dogs (no people in sight), a dog walker with little dogs, and a walker with bigger ones.

Tree

We've seen several attractions at Palermo Woods in Buenos Aires and here's one more - this gnarled tree (variety unknown). Are there some little faces on it? Or even maybe some little people?

Please take heed if you are ever planning to visit the Rose Garden in Palermo Woods (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

Paddle boats

These colorful paddle boats are waiting for their paddlers on the lake in Bosques de Palermo (Palermo Woods). The Greek Bridge at this lake leads to the Rose Garden in Palermo Woods.

Rainbow

(Back in the USA for one day.)

Have you ever seen a rainbow like this one? It was last Saturday night about 8:30 pm. Our guests were leaving and we were all out in the street. We looked east over San Pablo Bay and saw this amazing rainbow. It did have another end, far to the south, but too faint for a photo.

Black-necked Swan

The Black-necked Swan is the largest water-fowl native to South America. This pair is near Puente Griego (Greek Bridge) in Buenos Aires. For all you could possibly want to know about them, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-necked_Swan

Graffiti

Like most South American cities, Buenos Aires is teeming with outdoor sculpture; also like other South American cities, it has lots of graffiti.

Giant Flower Sculpture

In the Recoleta District of Buenos Aires is the beautiful Giant Flower Sculpture designed by architect Eduardo Catalano. It opens at dawn and closes at dusk. To read about the designer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo_Catalano

United Buddy Bears

Since 2002 the United Buddy Bears have traveled to 4 continents. They visited the fifth, the South American continent while we were in Buenos Aires. From March 5 till April 19, 2009 the circle of the United Buddy Bears was presented on the Plaza San Martin in Buenos Aires. We were lucky enough to pass by the Plaza and be amazed by this sight. The tour guide didn't say anything about it, but good ol' Google came to my rescue. To see what it's all about:
http://www.buddy-baer.com/united-buddy-bears/idea/overview.html

Buenos Aires Harbor

We sailed from the Falklands and after two days at sea we arrived at Buenos Aires. Our first view was of the harbor in the foggy dark.

Ronni

This is Ronni on the Corte Madera bike path, celebrating the 4th of July in red, white and blue with flag pin and earrings, looking beautiful and patriotic.

Best of Show

I hope you will allow me to brag a little. I entered 4 cakes in the Marin County Fair this week and they all did quite well; the Creme de Menthe Chocolate Cake won Best of Show for cakes. This is a rare and happy occasion! I'm over the moon!

The ship's bridge

One day a small group of us toured the bridge of the ms Amsterdam. There were many controls that seemed redundant and maybe they were used under different conditions. The small joystick panel seems to control all ship movements, yet next to it is a larger, more complex set of controls. The joystick is visible in the right-hand corner of the second photo.

Red doors

Falklanders seem to like red doors.

Art?

Is this random? Or is it art?

The errant apostrophe

At Gypsy Cove there sat a vehicle that had a sign on its door: BONNER S TAXI'S. I thought the sign painter had made a little mistake, but no! every single taxi we saw had the same sign.