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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Pictures from a tour of the city

This past Sunday, my group from API took a tour with Gabby! She is a professor of shakespearian english at an Argentina school. She works with our organization and will be teaching us tango Thursday.

It was an important day on Sunday, 25 de Mayo. This is the day that Argentina beat Spain in a battle to become a separate state. Gabby told us a lot about current and past political leaders and current political disputes. In la Plaza de Mayo, where their capitol building is, they had fake supporters of the president that marched around shouting to support her (yes, the president is a woman!). It is a shame that the first democratic country that i have been to with a female president has a president that is disliked by 80% of the country especially the well educated. The political party of the president pays people to support them and vote for them it is very strange. They also make (in ways that were unclear to me) news stations report false information that supports the president.

Anyway, here are pictures from the trip and explanations.

This is a subtreno station that features underground trains much like the system in Paris. 

This man is dressed in traditional military attire to celebrate 25 de Mayo.

This man is also dressed in traditional military garb.


This man is selling little fried pastries filled with sweet potatoes and a sweet sauce,
covered with sugar and sprinkles. They were sticky and super delicious!

I was very hungry at the begging of the tour and this fried pastry was the perfect midmorning snack after a breakfast of just toast and coffee (a typical Argentinian breakfast)

A group of people that supported the president. The tour guide explained that they were
probably paid to go make the plaza look like it was filled with supporters of Christina. 

The boys with life-size statues of Argentinian Cartoons. 

Some street art (there is a ton here) that says "a beautiful woman fights" 

This is the view from the Shores of La Boca. 

The Pope greeting us at the mouth of La Boca. 

My new friend from the program Andrew!

Some paintings for sale in La Boca.

One of the famous cats of Buenos Aires.

A great picture of Gabby that I happen to be in!
The man that sold me my first Mate!

Me on a decorated street blocker. 
Andrew's picture on the decoration ended up much better than mine so I included it.
Another picture of the famous cat.

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