MAVERICK ROVER WORLD BLOG POST #45. Buenos Aires, ARG (week 2) 2/17/2019



ARGENTINA
(week two)





"It's not a vacation, 
it's a lifestyle"


Post #45
February 17, 2019


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 BUENOS AIRES, 
ARGENTINA

A cemetery of many famous 
and other not so famous Argentinians







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One such famous person interred here is
Eva Peron
the famous Evita 
of the Duarte Family

Eva Peron grew up poor and later became an actress. She married Juan Peron, 
President of Argentina.  As First Lady, she supported women's rights and the poor, while becoming a legend in her own time before she succumbed to cancer at the age of 33. 


The stage play Evita is based on her life. the famous song "Don't Cry For Me Argentina" relays the story of he imminent death to her country. 





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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes
A magnificent museum displaying art of, among many others, 

Picasso



Degas



 Rodin



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El Ateneo
a former stage theatre
now converted to a book store,
probably THE most amazing book store
we have ever seen.

 The coffee shop is on the stage of the old theatre




Check this out, 
clients reading in the Box Seats



an amazing Poetry section 


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We were fascinated by this building, 
Palacio de Agues Corrientes
(Palace of Running Water)

We thought it was a presidential palace, 
or a hospital / sanitarium, but it was 
built in 1889 as the water pumping station of Buenos Aires, 
way ahead of its time.  




It houses a small museum of toilets, urinals and pump station parts. 



I think 
Marcel Duchamp
would have had a hay day with this facility
as he used this urinal as a piece of art. 
He signed it R. Mutt,
 so no-one would know who was submitting it
for an exhibition. 

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A quick transition to food and wine
seems appropriate at this point, 
since Valentine's Day was upon us. 



We especially like this little cork holder 
created by our server with the 
metal seal of the wine bottle.



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 Buenos Aires
(sorry, wrong side of the hedge)


Obelisk that commemorates
the Quadricentennial of the first
foundation of the city


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 Doggone Right
we love this city, and so does this dog walker. 
He actually has 18 dogs here, seriously. 
Many small dogs, of which you cannot see in this photo. 

Heads you win, 
Tails you win 
😎

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"It's not a vacation, 
it's a lifestyle"




**next stop
*side trip URUGUAY

 **February 6 - April 10, 2019 ARGENTINA
*buenosaires(eze)


**January 2019 USA
*bozeman(bzn)
*losangeles
*sandiego(san)

**December '18 - January '19 MEXICO
*merida(mid)
*progreso
*uxmal
*playadelcarmen

**October - December 2018  MEXICO
*puertovallarta (pvr) 
*nuevovallarta
*bucerias
*yalapa
*bocadetomatlan

**October 2018 USA
*portland(pdx)

**September 2018 USA
*losangeles
*palmsprings
*lasvegas(las)
*sandiego(san)
*washingtondc(dca)
*newyorkcity(jfk)

**August 2018  ENGLAND
*highclere
*chester
*manchester(man)
*salford
*liverpool

**July 2018  SCOTLAND
*edinburgh(edi) 
*alloa
*sterling
*standrews
*glasgow(gla)

**July 2018  IRELAND
*dublin(dub)

**July 2018  ENGLAND, UK 
*london(stn)

**April - June 2018  SPAIN
*madrid(mad)
*valencia(vlc)
*barcelona(bcn)
*sitges
*palmademallorca(pmi)
*torrevieja
*puntaprima
*caboroig
*granada
*cartegena
*lazenia
*malaga
*altea
*alicante

**March 2018   USA
*sandiego (san)
*losangeles(lax) 


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Our travels include all of these countries and cities around the world, plus multiple states and cities across the USA


**February 2018  MEXICO
**mexicocity(mex)

**October 2017  HAWAII
**maui(ogg)

**April 2017 PANAMA CANAL CRUISE
**mexico
**guatamala
**panama
**costarica
**curacao
**florida(mia)

**May 2016 DENMARK
**copenhagen(cph)

**April-May 2016 MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE
**italy
**malta
**greece
**turkey

**April-May 2016 TRANS-ATLANTIC CRUISE
**portugal
**gibraltar
**spain
**italy

**September 2014 HAWAII
**kona(koa)

**May2014 FRANCE
**paris(cdl)

**May 2014 ITALY
**venice

**April-May 2014 TRANS-ATLANTIC CRUISE
**canaryislands
**spain
**france
**italy

**June 2013 AFRICA
**tanzania(ark)

**June 2013 NETHERLANDS
**amsterdam(ams)

**October 2011 SPAIN
**barcelona(bcn)
**madrid
**seville
**valencia

**January 2009 MEXICO
**acapulco(aca)

**November 2008 MEXICO
**puertovallarta(pvr)

**October 2007 MEXICO
**cabosanlucas(csl)

**November 2006 ITALY
**rome(fco)
**florence
**pisa
**sienna
**tavernelle
**montepulciano

**November 2006 CANADA
**vancouver(yvr)

**March 2005 MEXICO
**guadalajara(gdl)

**July 2004 ARUBA

**December 2003 CANADA
**whistler



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