City Tour through BA and La Boca

Today was a really funny and great day here in Buenos Aires. The sun still shines and it has been about 27 grad and I already got a sunburn!

The germans, the practicants and me did today a city tour through the most important points here and spent some time in "La Boca" and the park "Ricoletta" which I enjoyed a lot because of all the different impressions. This city has so many sites: from modern to really old, from rich to really poor and all kind of mixed and growing.

In the morning we started walking to the subway to drive to "Catedral" a half hour. After we left the uncomfortable and hot station (but only 2,50 Pesos which is about 40 cents) we went to the point for the tourist bus. Compared to rest of Buenos Aires, the tour was pretty expensive (150 Pesos) but it was worth it  and you can get on and off from the bus at many station for 24 hours.

We drove through the centre including the town house and other important buildings. Especially here you could notice the influence of french culture concerning the houses.    

(there is sitting Mrs Kirshner)

Then we left the centre and drove to the south, nearing us La Boca. The we got off the bus and could walk around the touristic district. Although it is very popular there, you shouldnt walk further more cause actually La Boca counts to the districts who are poor and also dangerous. So we just stayed in the middle, getting asked to buy or drink things and always said "No, gracias". 

The houses are all very colorfull and was formerly the district of italian immigrants. I felt a bit like in a disneyland or something. 

 The football team of La Boca "La Boca Juniors" is pretty popular and there were thousands of shops who selled trickots and shirt and other things.

                                                       (me in front of the port)

                                                                 ¡Hasta luego Boca!

Later in the day, the sun came out and it got really hot. We decided to get off from the bus at the park "Recoleta" after we drove through the "Puerto Madero" , a district full of modern towers and famous brands located there such as "Siemens".

I was really impressed because it was such another site of Buenos Aires compared with Boca.

The Recoleta Park is directly located next to famous cemetery with lots of rich people. It was scary walking through it because you could even see the coffins and because of that we didnt stay long and relaxed in the park, eating and drinking a bit and enjoying the hot sun. 

                                                              (The Recoleta Cemetery)

(a huge tree in the park)

 On our way back we drove by some other important sights such as the flower, that is opening and closing concerning the time of the day. We also saw the "Planetarium" located in front of a beatiful small lake.

Now Im tired from the day, drinking an iced tea from Starbucks and watching the sun setting...