Tour of Buenos Aires

Tour of Buenos Aires
January 2018

We booked a tour of Buenos Aires a couple days ago and today we went on it! We got up and went out to meet our taxi driver David and our tour guide. We got in David's taxi and the tour guide started asking us where we were from and how many more days we were going to be in Buenos Aires. Then David took us around Buenos Aires! 

While we were driving we saw a man on a bicycle except he was not going anywhere. Then our tour guide said that he was sharpening knives for people who lived in the apartments. Then I looked a little closer and what do you know he was sharpening a knife!

Our first stop was the Pink house. Which is almost exactly like the White house except it's pink! It is pink because ruler's houses were pink in the old days. The way that it got pink is that they mixed cow blood and fat together and it turns pink. The reason why they painted the house with such unusual uh ingredients is because through rain and sun the paint will not fade.Now, they use paint. 

Afterward, we walked around the property of the pink house and we saw where the mothers whose children have disappeared gather . They walk around in a circle every Thursday and protest about how how their children have just disappeared and that the government is not doing anything about it. There is another group that is a bunch of grandmothers that protest about their daughters being pregnant and the daughter being killed but the baby being stolen. The place that they march around is a statue of a woman. It is the oldest statue in Buenos Aires. 

Our next stop was La Boca. La Boca is known for its colorful houses. There was an amazing bicycle sculpture. The artist tried to represent how many bicycles are made in China and he did a great job doing that. Then we walked down the street to find a bunch of artists. They had their paintings all displayed. The coolest painter by far is Carlos the painter. Carlos can no longer use his hands anymore and he loves to paint so he paints with his mouth. He paints very colorful and happy scenes of La Boca. Unfortunetly we were not allowed to take pictures of his booth but you can find many pictures of him online.We continued walking and saw a restaurant grilling all these wonderful meats. 

Then we met our driver again and he drove us to the movie theater. We said goodbye to David and our tour guide and got tickets for the movie The Greatest Showman, or in Spanish El Gran Showman. The Greatest Showman was awesome I would definitely recommend it!