A city heavily influenced by its’ European immigrants after the world wars of the 20th Century, giving the place a cosmopolitan atmosphere but still with the beating heart of Tango. Many of the buildings are brightly coloured and painted with murals, especially in the Camino district the home of Boca Juniors and Maradona. We enjoyed cycling from this area through the ecological park on the east side of the city up to the recently refurbished planetarium.

 

In the evenings, we met up with our friends Dean and Genevieve in Palmero; a lively district of restaurants and bars. They hope to compete in the Tango world cup in August and we spent a couple of days with them heading north to Tigre, taking a boat along the river delta and also exploring the market of San Telmo and its’ Tango Dancers. On the Saturday night we went to the Theatre Colon and saw some Ballet very last minute from the upper gallery, their excellent prices meant the house was completely full for a production of Le Corsaire.

 

We also visited the cemetery which was even more ornate than that of Paris in the area of Rigoletto also home to a book shop housed in a former theatre called El Ateneo Grand Splendid.