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Finding Evita in Buenos Aires

Finding Evita in Buenos Aires

Painting of Juan and Eva Peron in La Casa Rosada La Casa Rosada Anyone who has watched Evita will remember seeing Eva and Juan Peron making impassioned speeches from the balcony of the ‘pink house’ or Casa Rosada – the presidential offices – to thousands of adoring supporters in the Plaza de Mayo. Casa Rosada by night Interested in political history (and having not long re-watched Evita, before our trip began!), I was pleased to learn that there were free tours…

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Starting our week in Buenos Aires

Starting our week in Buenos Aires

Argentine National Congress Buenos Aires was fun and interesting city to while away a week. There was so much to see and do there, we could have stayed much longer. Arrival Our arrival into the city felt almost like going home … it was raining! A LOT. The city is also very European looking and apart from the big light up image of Evita on one of the buildings on “the widest avenue in the world”, Avenida 9 de Julio*,…

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