Water building
This is Buenos Aires’s Water Palace, a fantastic structure of over 300,000 lustrous, multicolored faience bricks made by Royal Doulton and shipped from Britain. Its original interior engineering components were made in various countries, with Belgium as the largest contributor. Originally, the Water Palace was meant to be a humble building, constructed as a response to the yellow fever epidemic that hit San Telmo and other neighborhoods in Buenos Aires in 1877. In the days before plumbing, drinking water was held in collecting pools in individual homes, which helped to spread the disease. Alarmed, the city began looking for a spot to construct new, sanitary facilities to prevent another outbreak. As this was the highest point in the city, meaning water stored here could use gravity to flow down the pipes into residences, this location was chosen for the water tower.
Dog Walker…
Commonly seen in Buenos Aires every other block, what I call Pets Sitter, mainly men (but some women can be seen too) walking with about 8/10 dogs. I heard the law restricts them to only have 8 dogs on leash at a time, but I often see the dog walkers with more than 8. It is generally a pleasant view to see all those 10 dogs walking at the same time as a group 
.. I always smile when I see this.
Recoleta’s garden
Recoleta neighbor. The most expensive area to live in Buenos Aires. This picture has been taken not too far from the Cemetery, famous to host Evan Peron. I will share pictures of the cemetery on later postings. The garder in front is a good spot to rest and to enjoy exhibit of paintings as shown below.
La Boca
Known as the birthplace of the tango, this one-time shipyard has a famous walkway, the Caminito, where tango dancers perform and artists exhibit their work. It is known throughout the sporting world as the home of Boca Juniors, one of South America’s top football clubs, where D.Maradona played during the remainder of the 1981 season and 1982 and secured his first league title. Ok I cheated today ’cause there are 2 pictures and not one. Still enjoy
How to be in line
Typical bus line in Buenos Aires. I’m always impressed to see how well they respect their turn to get on the bus here. Sometimes the line of people can be spread over half a block. Someone who’s unlucky to get in the bus the first time, will just wait for the second one to pass by. I´ll be curious to know how this works in other places ? Let me know how it is in other countries, to see if they are as respectful as they are here. Thanks
Palacio del Congreso
The Congress building from Buenos Aires, located at the west end of Avenida de Mayo.The architecture is imposing, and its enormous granite steps symbolize the high Andes and the fountain at is base represent the Atlantic Ocean. I’ve seen the fountain, and what a shame to see it blanketed with graffiti. Completely covered by red paint. It’s been said that this dated back from the 1983 military dictatorship, but I think that the 2001 economic crisis has a lot to do as well 
The green-domed Palacio del Congreso costed twice more than its original budget, it is modeled on Washington’s Capitol and topped by an 85m dome, the palace was completed in 1906.
View taken at the foot of the Obelisco on the Ave. 9 de Julio
View taken at the foot of the Obelisco on the Ave. 9 de Julio, facing la Avenida Corrientes. The intersection, between the Obelisco and Avenida Corrientes with many other big avenues, makes this spot one of the really busiest one in the capital. Busy with people, traffic, taxis, noise….
Typical, in Buenos Aire
Typical, in Buenos Aires, to order a cafe con leche (coffee & milk) and some tostados (let´s call it toast) of ham and cheese. Made of bread´s crumbs, super thin, they represent a good snack in all coffee places in Argentina.
Chess “partido” in front of the University of Medicine,
Chess “partido” in front of the University of Medicine, located on Cordoba Av. right in the center of Buenos Aires.
Tango free demonstration in the street.
Inevitable! Tango free demonstration in the street. This scene is commonly frequent in various touristic places of Buenos Aires. It is a pure pleasure.
Plaza de los 2 congresos
Overlooking the Avenida de Mayo in the background. Picture taken from the Congress plaza.
San Isidro
This is a view of Rio de la Plata in San Isidro, north of Buenos Aires, 30 minutes by train. On week ends, pleople escape the city and practice water activities such at Windsurf and Kitesurf.
The Río de la Plata (from the Spanish: “River of Silver”, also known by the English name River Plate (as in the Battle of the River Plate) or sometimes [La] Plata River), is the estuary formed by the combination of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River. It is a funnel-shaped indentation on the southeastern coastline of South America, extending 290 km (180 miles) from the rivers’ confluence to the Atlantic Ocean.
Avenida 9 de Julio
Avenida 9 de Julio. The biggest avenue I got to see after the Champs Elysees in Paris. At 140 meters, it is one of the world’s widest avenues. Its name honors Argentine Independence Day (July 9, 1816).
Avenue of R.S Pena at dusk
Avenue of R.S Pena at dusk. We are not that far from the Pink House (or Casa Rosa)- Argentinas old government building.
Palermo Lakes
Palermo Lakes, where people go jogging and biking. This is where you go when you want to be outdoors but still in the middle of the city. On Saturdays and Sundays, there are sports and music and plenty of activities -you can rent little boats- so that people go with their families for a picnic by the lake, under the sun.
Line A
I took this picture last year. I like the guy’s deep expression through a not so clean window 
Line A
This has been taken inside the subway Line A. Line A is the oldest and still carries the original subway cars with the antique wood-framed interiors.
Inside subte station
The newspapers stands are everywhere in Buenos Aires. Even in the subway stations. Those are “Kiosko”, where one can find all sort of magazines, comic books, newspapers (local and international), books, VHS & DVDs.
