Many Spanish and Italian immigrants who arrived in the booming 1880's ended up working in the meat-packing plants in this port area. Left-over paint from the barges was used to paint their corrugated siding of their houses, creating the unique colorful style that is still "La Boca." Along El Caminito, the area's most famous and most colorful street, there is a street market on weekends. There are street vendors and artists of all kinds. Music. Dancing. Sidewalk Cafes. So we tried it all, wandering the streets, drinking beer and sandwiches at a cafe, watching the dancers, enjoying the music. What a great afternoon. We plan to go back before we leave. It's an intriguing area.
4 comments:
Hi,
So, did you get to Montevideo? Madelle told me you had an offer.
And how is the dental scene in Buenos Aires? If you do move, what is your timeframe? I want to have a chance to re-visit Dr. Pacheco. And, of course, Gloriana!
Brazilians think of Argentines as cold and humorless, very German. But you seem to be having a different kind of experience. How are they?
Larry
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Hey, Larry! We are dying to see you guys and hope you will come see us as soon as possible! We will be home on January 7th. And I'm sure Gloriana would love to see you again, too! The Argentinians we have met are very friendly and full of life. I cannot imagine anyone seeing them as cold and humorless!
Laurie
And I don't think we're going to make it to Montevideo this trip. It's just so hard for Gene to walk around and see anything that I think we'll concentrate on seeing as much as we can here and save Uruguay for the next trip.
L
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