la arquera yankee: Beautiful Buenos Aires

I feel like so far in this blog I've been unfair to Buenos Aires. I've been unfair to its diverse and interesting residents; to its luscious, green, flowered parks; to its historic and modern architecture; to its wide yet shaded avenues; to its tiny, intimate side streets; to its affordable and accessible higher education; to its delicious food, offered in all kinds of restaurants, from gourmet to traditional, from formal to casual, from expensive to dirt cheap; to its love of theater, music, literature, art, sport; and to its innumerable hidden treasures still waiting to be discovered.

Despite its issues with transportation, rising prices, and crime, problems also faced by most cities around the world, Buenos Aires is actually a wonderful place to live. Thanks to its many different barrios, or neighborhoods, each with its own unique personality, Buenos Aires has an eclectic kind of beauty. In the heart of the city, Microcentro, a unique combination of old and new, antique and modern, elegant French-style buildings and glass-covered towers fill the area which serves as the financial and political center of the capital, and even of the country. Moving away from downtown, the older, residential neighborhoods of San Telmo in the south and Bajo Belgrano in the north, one finds houses lining the countless side streets, each façade showcasing the home's unique character and history. To break up the concrete expanse, dozens of parks provide green paradises available for the whole city's enjoyment, creating spaces where social, economic, and ethnic boundaries become nonexistent.

Instead of going on and on about the city's loveliness, I'll let you see for yourself with a small collection of photos I've taken since moving here in February.