[Leica] Buenos Aires 2

[Don Dory]

I am glad to set a set showing citizens living a normal life.   The news
about the finances of Argentina are not so good up here in North America.
Perhaps the reporting is not so honest.

On Sat, Nov 16, 2019, 7:55 PM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
lug at leica-users.org> wrote:

> The second installment of Buenos Aires photographs is up. This mainly
> consists of two locations. Firstly, the iconic La Recoleta Cemetery, where,
> most famously, Eva Peron is interred, together with droves of Argentina's
> rich and powerful over the decades, which is part cemetery and part
> Disneyland - the only cemetery I have ever been to where children run
> around playing as if it were a park, without a care in the world,
> unburdened with the lingering traces of ghosts. Maybe it is a public park
> at that, judging the atmosphere is so sunny, festive and light.!
>
> Discussion:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14716.jpg.html
>
> Conversation:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14722.jpg.html
>
> Modern Times:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14764.jpg.html
>
> Portrait (at Eva Peron's grave):
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14746.jpg.html
>
> Looksee:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14747.jpg.html
>
> Impatience:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14727.jpg.html
>
> Curiosity:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14755.jpg.html
>
> We were supposed to go to Mendoza, the wine growing heart of Argentina, but
> a pilot's strike put paid to that. So we stayed on in Buenos Aires, went to
> a soccer match featuring River Plate, one of Argentina's top two teams. I
> did not take a camera with me into a crowd of 70,000 screaming supporters,
> but it was an experience, all the same. Walking back to the vehicle, in the
> night, in the midst of 25,000 singing fans gives me the goose pimples even
> today, when I think about it. The other place where we spent some time was
> at a local flea market, which was great fun:
>
> Shop:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14777.jpg.html
>
> Craftsman:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14781.jpg.html
>
> Pose:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14790.jpg.html
>
> Tango:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191006-14933.jpg.html
>
> The last photograph of this set can be put down to serendipity, so
> important when exploring a city on foot. The four of us walked into a wine
> bar for a refreshing glass, only to find that it was run by two youngsters,
> and had opened only the day before. We found it to be a most agreeable, and
> well priced place, and asked Mathieu, the young bartender, to arrange a
> wine tasting (for missing Mendoza!) the next day. This is Mathieu in his
> environs:
>
> Mathieu:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/SGF/BA/South+Georgia-20191005-14667.jpg.html
>
> Please see LARGE
>
> Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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