It was straight to Buenos Aires after Peru where we met up with Rachael and Noreen, two friends over from Dublin who were going to travel Argentina with us. We spent 5days in Buenos Aires; called the ´Paris of South America´, it is a nice city though personally nothing can compare to Paris. The architecture is definitely European in style but it is quite a dirty city, a bit shabby, it still hasn´t fully recovered from its economic crash in 2001.
Tango is alive and well in the city and on the weekends restaurants put on free shows to enjoy with your coffee and dinner. We did an all in package, tango class, dinner and a show. An hours class and i am able to say i can do the basic tango step- i have the certificate to prove it, see the photo above!!! It was good fun and the dinner and show were excellent.
There is quite a bit to see in BA and there are plenty of walking tours to show you around. One of the main attractions is Recoleta cemtery where Evita is buried. When you arrive in the cemetry you just need to follow the crowds to find her tomb. This cemetry is full of fancy mausoleums, where the rich and wealthy are buried- we managed to find two Irish tombs- Admiral Brown, a native of Mayo, the founder of the Argentinian navy and Father Fahy, an Irish priest who helped alot of Irish immigrants when they arrived in Argentina, are both buried here.
The Irish who did settle here would have fitted in nicely- good steak and beer and nightlife that starts late and goes on til the early hours of the morning. We were often eating dinner in an empty restaurant simply because we couldn´t wait any longer!!!
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