Rachelle's travels

Friday, 10 October 2008

I took the elevator up the tower of Jesus

Fardou (the other artist resident here) and I visited the Cathedral today, the largest cathedral in Argentina. It has two towers: the tower of Jesus and the tower of Mary. The tower of Jesus has an elevator to the top (yep). (Its the one on the left in the picture.) Good views all round but particularly good views of the ducks on the tower of Mary... apparently ducks are more Argentine than gargoyles...

more walking around

More walking around. Walk walk walk... did a tour of the north-east section of the city, residential and pretty. Went to two more of the big plazas. Of particular note are the variety of rubbish containers that people have outside their houses... all a bit different, very sculptural. I noticed several cars with yellow plastic bottles on top...

I later learnt this means the car is for sale! On the subject of cars, I have been seeing alot of old Fiats, (500? 600? Seat?) and remembering how much I love this car - we had one when I was a kid and its the car my mum passed her driving test in when pregnant with me...

The pond is in Parque Saavedra, the water looked pretty skanky but kids were swimming in it... from there I turned into Calle 12 where the 'fancy' shops are... and if I get the urge to buy a fridge, this is where I will buy it....

Thursday, 9 October 2008

day one

Spent the day walking around, getting to know the city and the basics - grocery store etc. Two immediate first impressions: the amount of political graffiti on the streets is overwhelming and there are big stray dogs everywhere.