Architectural tour, Museo nacional and ice cream
Trip Start
Nov 16, 2007
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Trip End
Dec 02, 2007
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Saturday, December 1, 2007
French Embassy
We went on a Architectural walking tour that Time Out suggested. It took as past dozens of amazing old buildings in the fancy Recoletta area (think beverly hills) many of which were now Embassies.
Residencia Maguire
Hungry at the end of our walk we stumbled into the Museo Nacional de Arte Decorativo, which may have been one of the most interesting museums we visited in Buenos Aires. It used to be an Chilean Aristocrat's mansion built at the turn of the century by a French designer and is now museum which allows people to transport themselves back into time. It was incredible as most of the original artwork, furniture, etc was still there. I took a couple of photos before getting into trouble for doing so.
nice dining room
There was a nice little restaurant in the courtyard, which was a perfect last lunch for us.
last lunch
last lunch 2
We finished off the day by getting an ice cream (Besides steak, ice cream is argentina's best dish) at a place called Scannapieco. An Italian family has been serving ice cream there since 1938, and the grey haired brothers are still there in white coats scooping the ice cream. So delicious.
helado
The Airport was complete insanity and we were definitely glad we got there over 2 hours early.
arrive early
We had such an incredible trip. Buenos Aires was great, maybe not as incredible as we thought it might be, but still amazing and unforgettable. Patagonia completely blow us away and the 5 spontaneous days we spent in the lakes region were probably the highlight. Two weeks, 5 plane rides, one hydrofoil, 2 buses and one boat and we still didn't get to go wine tasting in Mendoza, see the desert of Salta, view the Iguazu Waterfalls or see the whales and Penguins of Puerto Madryn. Sigh
Argentina is definitely special and we highly recommend it to anyone that is considering travelling to that part of the world. The lakes region of Patagonia is a must as is El Calafate. I think 4 days is probably the right amount of time for Buenos Aires.
Hope you enjoyed. Hope its not too long before we are travelling again.
Oh and a good place to see all of our pictures, including a best of section is at our
flickr page (http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbradleyb/collections/7215760 3430941300/). Be sure to check out the map feature and you can see where the pictures were taken on the map. very cool.
Brad & Lisa
