The Ultimate Jet Setter

Today Corrie and I went on a tour of the Casa Rosada 'The Pink House'. This is where the President works. It is pretty much a large pink building but the inside surprised me quite a bit.  The tour runs on weekends and public holidays from 10am-6pm. The tour is free and runs every 10-15 minutes for 60 minutes. The tours are mostly carried out in Spanish but you can get a tour in English if you book ahead.  I didn't get most of what our tour guide was saying as he was talking very quickly in Spanish but its nice to look around and take photos. There are several rooms with several portraits of influential famous Argentines. In one particular room there are several portraits of influential Argentine women including Evita Peron.   There is another corridor with several famous Argentines including Lionel Messi, Diego Maradona and Carlos Gardel.  We also went to the balcony where Evita spoke to her people of Argentina 30 years ago. Casa Rosada is quite grand inside and the tour wa

Today Corrie and I made our way to Barrio Chino aka Chinatown. It's quite new, perhaps only became prominent in the last few years and located in Belgrano.  If you are going to Barrio Chino from Palermo the easiest and fastest way is by Subte on Linea D to Juramento. Then its about a 10 minute walk from the station. Follow Juramento street where the street numbers are descending. You will come to some train tracks and after you cross those you will see the Barrio Chino gate on your left. Barrio Chino only runs for about 4 blocks but it has all you need in it.  It's the same as any other Barrio Chino but makes a nice change and its weird seeing so much oriental things in the middle of South America. In addition to the Mandarin being spoken alongside Spanish. There are Chinese several restaurants, although no buffets, some Thai and Taiwanese restaurants, sushi places, Chinese supermarkets, street food and several shops selling several nic nacs.  We got some food at a nearby resta