Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/11/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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