Argentina, Buenos Aires

Well, It'sMonday and I'm still catching up on  events since my computer snafu, first day in Bueous Aires  I walked around the neighborhood.  Like Lima BA has many walking streets, which have huge  numbers of people on them, some strolling some walking with great purpose .  Many other sidewalks on other streets are not in good repair, with missing tiles, chunks of concrete missingin some places piles of garbage waiting pickup, flats of delivered merchandise waiting brought into the stores, rows of motorcycles parked on 3foot wide sidewalks, so folks are zig-zaging around all this stuff, but on the walking only streets it's clear all over, but for art, small fenced plantings, and people meeting friends , and hanging together in groups.  It's a comfortable feeling on the walking streets, while regular streets in the old-original downtown area are a zig zag by situation.  In the newer area, sidewalks  aren't any different than ours.  But I do like the congestion, fully populated older BA. It is so interesting.  Went to a tango performance - dinner combo.  The whole show  was just like the movie or other exerpts I've seen, but more  dramatic.  All the dancers are real athletics .... So vigorous.  One young guy I swear is Johnny Carson's grand or great grand son, a spitting image.who were in their twenty and thirties, even his gestures...  The male and female singers were older than the dancers,  one probably in his 40's.?  Earlier my monograms tour host brought me on a personalized tour of the city,, since I was the only one  scheduled  at this time.  She was very personable, proud of her city.  She is a professional dancer, who moonlights with Southameican Tours it was nice having a one to one.tour.  Well that was yesterday, today is my free day, so I slept til I wok e up at 9:30 had slow breakfast, went from place to place  to figure out my computer tablet.  One fella at about the third store got rid of the language which I or any of the other people couldn't identify. That language would come up whenever I would hit a drop down screen, while the main content was nicely in English.  It is really amusing to try to communicate when the computer guy, and I don't come close to understanding each other.  But I think it is resolved, finally.  Got the blog to accept me in again as the author...  Now all I need to have resolved is to be able to see what I am typing, especially when trying to fix mistakes, so that's why sometimes say to my self, well that's good enough, they,'ll understand so I just leave the error alone.  Placing the cursor at exactly the right spot so I can go back to fix something is frustrating.   Well that is the last of computer problems, I'm gonna oto try to just talk about the trip.  In walking from store to store I  went many blocks in several directions as the previous store person would direct me to someone else who could help me.  Say their George Washington monument, same style, butbwith the various people who were responsible for Argentina'svindependence, went past their pink Palace (our White House) but in pink, and I think it is where the president works, he lives in an official residence in the suburbs. i learned that the building was pink because cow blood was mixed into the morter, but now a days it is regular pink paint that maintains the  tradition of pink.  Yesterday after the tour the tour director encouraged me to stroll thru their art fair, craft, antiques, food Street fair.  I bet it was thirty blocks long with some enlargements when the street hit an intersection or square, then it would expand.  Had lunch, snack, and purchased a a man's shoulder bag for my tablet, and today I got a screen saver to prevent screen scratches.

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The tango dancers, the street fair, colorful buildings--the one that's blue white and maroon with three figures on it's face, the middle one I's Eva Peron, had a good picture of the Duerte family moseulem were she is burried--but it is stored somewhere in the either????, the tree is four hundred years old plus and has steel posts holding up extended heavy branches tthis one is a statue the others are steel posts, the big building is the Colon (Columbus) Theater.  The soldiers guard  the grave ofe of San Martin which is in the church headed by Papa (Pope) Francis before he became pope, San Martin is the e Father of Argentina, and Peru and Chili, who asked for his help after he freed Argentina from Spain, he went and helped the other two become free also.   The three statues represent Argentina, Chilli and Peru, he also helped Equidor, but did. Please excuse the spelling, typo's, etc.  Cant see what Im typing, gotta getbthat fixed next.    N't succeed then so no statue for Equidor.