Saturday, June 23, 2012

Day 3, Part 1: Buenos Aires

This was the longest tourist day of our vacation. I had only one thing in mind of what my first day had to include and it was to see the famous obelisk in the widest avenue in the world. One of my friends was our tour guide this day. It was wonderful to have a local take us around and explain what all of the beautiful buildings were. There were some places that she had not seen after a year of living in the City. 

Our day started with a train ride to Retiro, the main station in the City. The building was beautiful. we started our walking tour towards Plaza San Martin. This plaza is surrounded by European-style buildings.

Retiro Station
Torre de los Ingleses 
Plaza San Martin


  
Plaza San Martin
Palacio San Martin
Palacio San Martin

After taking lots of pictures of the plaza we kept walking towards Calle Florida a pedestrian street with many stores, restaurants, and the Galerias Pacifico. This is the most beautiful shopping mall that I've ever seen.


Galerias Pacifico
Inside Galerias Pacifico
 
Centro Naval
After a little shopping, we kept walking towards La Casa Rosada, Argentina's presidential house. May 25th is Argentina's independence day. That was the day that we were doing our City Center walking tour. Some of the streets in this area were closed for the celebration.
 


Plaza de Mayo
Catedral
Walking towards the Obelisk
 


Avenida Corrientes, Buenos Aires Theater district
 
Up to this point we walked over 5 miles which is a lot for 2 people that drive everywhere. We were ready for lunch and a long break to continue our City tour. 

12 comments:

  1. Anonymous6/23/2012

    Que edificios tan hermosos, y los techos del Mall son fuera de serie. Muy buenas fotografias. Yol

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    1. hay unos edificios muy lindos!!! las fotos no me gustaron mucho porque con los dias nublados no muchas me quedaron bien

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  2. Anonymous6/24/2012

    Caminaron mucho prima!!! Eso me encanta de Buenos Aires, que se puede caminar :)
    Victoria

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    1. Mucho!!! Y despues de un descanso seguimos caminando mucho mas! Lo malo de caminar en buenos aires era tanto popo de perros en las calles!!!! Jajaja

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    2. Anonymous6/26/2012

      Yo te dije que no era la ciudad mas limpia jejeje! Y si, no recogen un b**llito ni a palo! Hay que estar alerta.

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    3. jaja obvio me pare en uno!! en la zona residencial (donde nos quedamos) era peor que en el centro!!

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  3. Amazing photos! I didn't realize you guys walked so much. That must have been exhausting. I love walking but after a long day of it I can just nap for hours and sleep away the rest of the day! Still, very cool to see as much as you did. It looks awesome!

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    1. Everything looks so close on the map that you just keep walking :)

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  4. Anonymous6/28/2012

    Pict are great! Plaza San Martin and Mayo were my fav. I love the architecture and the colors!

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    1. Yes. The architecture in bsas is amazing!!! :)

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  5. Anonymous6/29/2012

    Wow! Las fotos son espectaculares! Siempre he querido ir a BA, por lo menos hasta q vaya puedo disfrutar por tu blog! :-)

    ~S

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    1. Gracias!!!!! :) cuando estés lista para ir te puedo mandar recomendaciones para tu viaje!

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