Buenos Aires 💗

I'm not usually a big fan of big cities, but Buenos Aires really impressed me. Why? There's good street food, great shops, beautiful neighborhoods, many historic buildings, a subway, a great nightlife, and much more. When I arrived in Buenos Aires, the Youth Olympic Games were also being opened, so there was a lot going on in the city. In addition, the ultra-wide Av 9 de Julio street was closed for the opening ceremony. Where millions of cars are usually on the road, there were thousands of athletes. In the city center, aside from various shopping opportunities, there was of course a lot to see: the Obelisk on Av 9 de Julio, the Plaza de Mayo with the Casa Rosada (with the balcony from which Eva Peron, also known as Evita, addressed her followers), the Teatro Colon, and the Palacio del Congreso....

My hostel was located in the beautiful neighborhood of San Telmo, the center of Tango culture. Tango shows take place here in the evenings and you can watch couples dancing the Tango on Plaza Dorrego. On Sundays, there is also a famous antique and crafts market here. Here you can buy not the usual tourist stuff, but really beautiful and unique items. Just 2 blocks from my hostel, there was the Mercado de San Telmo, an old building with lots of delicious street food stands. It was not easy to choose between burgers, empanadas, tapas, and raclette.

Also worth a visit was the famous cemetery in the elegant neighborhood of Recoleta. The cemetery is a kind of cemetery city with partly magnificent marble mausoleums, but also already very dilapidated tombs. Prominent personalities were buried here, including Evita. Some of the mausoleums had broken windows, so you could look directly at the coffins and urns from the outside, fascinating and creepy at the same time.

Another highlight was a guided walking tour through the neighborhood of La Boca. La Boca is a lively and colorful working-class neighborhood located at an old port. The Caminito, a short pedestrian walkway through colorful sheet metal houses, is beautiful. But all the other streets are also painted in bright colors and adorned with paintings. In La Boca, you can also find the blue/yellow illuminated stadium of the Boca Juniors. The colors are thanks to a Swedish ship that passed by during the founding. It is also affectionately called Bambonera (Binbon box).

Palermo neighborhood is also worth seeing, here you will find trendy restaurants, stylish boutiques, and a lot of street art.

On my last evening, I watched the drum show 'La Bomba del Tiempo' at the Konex. 2 hours of loud and incredibly good music. Most people around me seemed to be high or drunk. Nevertheless, it was a great evening. To finish it off, there was a heavy thunderstorm with storm and hail...

So, Buenos Aires is definitely worth a visit...