In our last few days in Buenos Aires, we decided to visit two museums – one honoring a national hero, Evita Peron, and the National Museum of Contemporary Art (MALBA) rated as the best museum in the city with a large collection of South American art. \u00a0The Evita museum chronicles her life, through films, photographs & a collection of personal items, as a performer and as an advocate of the workers & the poor when her husband was the Argentinean president. The museum was somewhat interesting but with limited English information, it was not as impactful for us as it could have been. \u00a0Interestingly, the fabulous outfits Evita wore on tours of Europe in the 1940’s looked quite up-to-date and very chic-especially her beautiful shoes. \u00a0Evita Peron is still idolized by many Argentenians as we experienced the other day a parade in her honor in front of the pink presidential palace. \u00a0The MALBA museum was quite interesting but we don’t have the same appreciation of the genre as others may. Sometimes the paragraph describing the artist’s concepts were almost incomprehensible. \u00a0 The mission of the museum is to collect, preserve, research and promote Latin American art from the onset of the 20th century to the present. \u00a0An interesting fact is that the contemporary and unique design of the museum was made through an “open call” contest with 450 proposals from 45 countries. \u00a0The selection was left to an international jury who awarded 1st prize to three young (you guessed it) Argentinian architects! \u00a0We had lunch at the museum cafe which was top notch.<\/p>\n
We also went to the Sunday market in the “communa” of San Telmo, one of the 44 neighborhoods in BA. \u00a0The market, which sells mainly cutsie\u00a0artisans and antiques, was very large and stretched for blocks. \u00a0We had little interest in 99% of the products that were available; however, it was fun to experience the live music and hustle and bustle of this popular event. \u00a0It was a very crowded market and the travel sites all extensively discuss the dangers of pick pocketers. \u00a0It really didn’t appear to be an issue. In our walking, the police (both federal & city) are highly visible<\/p>\n
It has been very intriguing to experience the Christmas season in Buenos Aires. \u00a0There are few holiday decorations throughout the city and one can hardly tell that Christmas is only a week away. \u00a0We found this very surprising since the country is predominately Catholic and the churches in the city have lines out the door on Sundays. \u00a0We were at a lovely mall right in the city on Sunday and it was very quiet. \u00a0Perhaps, the Portenos stay home on Sundays or the economy is in such disarray that the Argentinians can’t afford purchasing gifts.<\/p>\n
The \u00a0first part of the “40th Anniversary World Tour” has been the most awesome experience of our life so far. \u00a0We have learned so much and have truly experienced many cultures as we tried to take our time and truly “live” in each country. \u00a0We head back to the states on Tuesday for ski season and restart our trip back here in Buenos Aires and the Argentinian part of Patagonia \u00a0in mid-March. \u00a0It’s time to sign-off and say “until next time”.<\/p>\n
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