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| Calle Defensa in San Telmo |
Visiting the Buenos Aires barrio (neighborhood) of San Telmo
was today’s objective.
Many of San Telmo’s
streets still contain their 17th century cobblestone and are lined with colonial style buildings. Engulfed
with countless antique shops, this barrio is home to Buenos Aires’s most
popular Sunday feria. It attracts tourists from all over the world; in fact, I heard
many English conversations while I walked down Defensa Street.
San Telmo contains the heart of the tango, as
there are many tango parlors in the neighborhood.
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| San Telmo Feria |
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| Tango in San Telmo |
This neighborhood is a distance from Palermo, so I had
to take the subte and even make a few line connections. Once I reached the San Juan station, I just had to
follow the movement of the crowd because you know we were all going to the same
area. Finally, I reached Plaza Dorrego and it was time to start browsing the MANY
vendors. Out of the three ferias I’ve been to thus far, San Telmo's one would have to be
ranked number one. On a side note, if you were a collector of flatware, you would be in heaven
because there was SO much of it.
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| Casa Rosada |
Not knowing where I was or where the next subte station was,
I decided to keep moving in one direction. I finally ended up in the Plaza de
Mayo, the hub of political activity and home to the Casa Rosada (Pink House).
Since it wasn’t my intentions to be here until a later time, I won’t go into
depth about what I saw.
Back in Palermo, I decided to stop at Jumbo and grab a some food items…basically a few sweet pastries. LOL! The day was finished off with a
visit to a helado shop for some ice cream; dulce de leche
helado to be more specific. Oh! I can’t forget
to mention the free fernet and coke sample I got from Jumbo; I’m starting to
love that place more and more.
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