Buenos Aires – Day Two (Day of Rain)

Well, I guess all good things had to come to an end. After 6 great days of weather, I finally had a day of rain. This made it difficult to actually get out and run around and see the sights. Even with this rain, I was able to see some things around the city. Most disappointing though was I was unable to get out to Palermo and see the Japanese Garden, Zoo and Botanical Gardens. I guess I will just have to get back to BA in the future!

What I did spend a lot of time doing was walking around the Cementario de la Recoleta. This cemetary is famous for all of the political leaders and military leaders that are buried here. Of course, the most famous is Evita Peron.

Evita Peron

There was a tremendous amount of architecture within the cemetary. I do not know how to really describe everything that I saw. Here are a couple pictures, but I recommend you click here and check out the gallery of all of the pics.

Cementerio de la Recoleta

Cementerio de la Recoleta

In between the storms, I was able to get a couple other things visited. I paid a trip back to Plaza de Congreso in order to see Rodin’s Thinker.

Rodin's Thinker

I also took a closer look at the Obelisco since I limited my movement due to the weather.

Obelisco

One last thing that I saw was this cool bus that was completely covered in graffiti. Cool sight.

Graffiti Bus

Well, that was Buenos Aires in 1.5 days. It definitely makes me want to come back and stay for a week or so. There is so much to see and do. I look forward to my next real vacation down here. Tomorrow it is back to Sao Paulo – bright and early!