Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is a city with many faces both modern and old. This first shot is taken along the docks and like many places in the world shows how B.A. is reinventing and rebranding its docklands area with a bright modern feel.

Old neighbourhood of Buenos Aires - St Telmo - very arty and bohemian.

Most of the city has a very European feel although in need of a bit of a scrub up here and there. This is a main shopping street in B.A.

Obelisk in the middle of the main avenue through the centre of Buenos Aires.

Close up shot of the tomb inscription.

L delivers a rendition of " Don´t cry for me" at the tomb of Eva Peron, in St Telmo cemetery.

Surprisingly, we didn´t get any tips.

Typical Buenos Aires Street. The city is full of elegant 19th century buildings and has the nickname the Paris of South America. Unfortunately due to a series of crises and particular since the economic collapse of 2002 many are badly in need of repair and restoration. But from a distance as in the above shot they look great.

This is the Argentine Congress or parliment building. The grey things in the corner are pigeons.

Street scene near the main Square in B.A.

This is the Casa Rosada, translated for all you Gringos as "pink house". We won´t elaborate on where it got the name.

This is actually the presidential palace and we took a tour. Very interesting ( if you speak Spanish). This main square has been the scene of many political rallys with presidents making speeches from the balcony including Juan Peron and Eva Peron.

Inside the Casa Rosada are state rooms used to receive foreign dignatories, sign trade agreements, treaties etc. We tried to represent our great nation as best we could.

D: "Ok, I´ll just leave L here for a few minutes and see if I can broker a deal for good ole Ireland.....I´m sure she can behave for a few minutes...."

Well, maybe not !!!!!