Roaming Around Town
On the way from dashing among milongas, tango classes, Spanish classes, shopping and eating, there were a few times when I could spot some interesting places.
| I don't know the name of this building, it is along a main Boulevard, just one block North of the Wednesday Milonga La Nacional | This is the Buenos Aires Water Department, very close to the milonga El Beso. |
| This is the old Mint Building, at San Telmo, part of which has been converted to an Art Gallery. The stair is real, the rest of the building interior beyond, in the background, are painting to create that visual illusion. | It is part of the Gallery. I call it a blue room, resulted from the light that filters through the blue stain-glass windows and the blue flooring. |
The cemetery at Retiro. |
Beautiful structures at the cemetery are commonly built to house the entire family when it comes time to rest. |
| At the city centre with Linda, with a few monolithic buildings behind us, the names of which I forgot. | At the same Square, I forgot the name of the building behind me. Something has to do with the Spanish occupation. | At the same Square where the profile of the scarves worn by the ladies was painted on the pavement. It was said that the mothers of the sons who disappeared during the political chaotic period in Argentina would come here to protest. |
| A church I spotted on the way to a music records store. | Nabil and I, in front of the Municipal Church at the Square. | Inside the Church. A lot of the marble finishes, arches, coves and relief were actually painted to create that visual illusion. |
| The Bank of Boston, glittering like a wedding cake at night, visible from the Florida Ave., a shopping thorough fair in downtown. |
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