Buenos Aires- Day Two

Nora was up and ready to go. I on the other hand was still living out my experiences from the night before, but I rallied. The plan was to head to LA BOCA, and Nora and I are all about public transportation plus cabs can be really expensive in Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires has a great metro and bus system and should definitely be utilized by tourists. We walked to the Carlos Gardel (that's H-ardel)  stop off the B line and took that to the city center to switch trains to LA BOCA. La Boca is pretty far from its stop at the station and a bus is worth it. We asked la informacion which line to take and they kindly wrote on a little piece of white paper Line 54 or 46 (we asked in spanish though). In places where there is a lot of tourism like La Boca or Palermo, most people who work there speak english enough to get by, but having a good understanding of the language is important if you want to really experience the city. If you wanna know more about the history of LA boca you can check it out here ......   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Boca

LA BOCA

One of my favorite things is to jump into pictures. 

There are beautiful statues, buildings painted in vibrant colors, and lots of street performers in La Boca, an aguerro of Buenos Aires.

If you walk out of the main square and to where the old railroad is you'll see a less tourist filled part of La Boca. Nora and I walked into a great antique shop filled with antique linens and skeleton keys. We picked up a few keys to make some necklaces when we get back home.

 My friend had actually just been in Buenos Aires a few months ago and took the same picture as below. I didn't remember until after I took this. The story was that some couple had gotten into a fight one day, and so this graffiti was spawned.

I thought house was cool. It's obviously vacant but there was something wonderful about how the light shown through the windows and plants were just thriving around it despite its absolute depiction of abandonment. It's just a nice reminder of how human beings can interrupt the natural world yet the earth will continue to find a way to grow.