The cherry blossom girlBuenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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Je ne savais pas Ã quoi m’attendre exactement avant d’aller Ã Buenos Aires.

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Tout dâ€™abord, la ville est immense.

Voici ce que j’ai pu remarquer et apprendre lors de mon sÃ©jour ( vous trouverez Ã©galement des bonnes adresses en fin d’article ):

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â™¥Â Buenos Aires est trÃ¨s similaire Ã Paris en terme d’architecture. Beaucoup de bÃ¢timents FranÃ§ais ont Ã©tÃ© reproduits Ã l’identique Ã Buenos Aires au dÃ©but du siÃ¨cle.

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â™¥Â Les Argentins sont trÃ¨s croyants et pratiquants. Le nouveau Pape ( Argentin ) est l’une de leur fiertÃ©s ( au point de se dÃ©cliner en imprimÃ©s sur vÃªtements, accessoires et vaisselle ).

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â™¥Â Vous n’apprendrez pas Ã un Argentin Ã faire des pÃ¢tes ou une pizza. Avec un trÃ¨s fort hÃ©ritage Italien ( irlandais Ã©galement ), il est trÃ¨s facile de trouver de bons restaurants Italien.Â C’est une ville trÃ¨s europÃ©enne en fin de compte. Probablement la plus europÃ©enne de toute lâ€™AmÃ©rique Latine.

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â™¥Â Je n’ai jamais vu autant de voiture franÃ§aises qu’Ã Buenos Aires. Avec tous ces bÃ¢timents Haussmanniens, l’illusion d’Ãªtre Ã Paris Ã©tait presque parfaite !

A la diffÃ©rence que tout est Ã©crit est parlÃ© en espagnol bien sÃ»r.

J’ai appris peu de temps aprÃ¨s qu’il y a des usines de voitures franÃ§aises en Argentine. Ceci explique cela ! Je penses tout de mÃªme que les Argentins ont un sacrÃ© faible pour les voitures FranÃ§aises.

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â™¥Â En vous baladant, vous verrez facilement un de ces « dog-sitters ». Certains peuvent promener jusqu’Ã 15 chiens en mÃªme temps. Ã‡a m’a fait penser Ã New York.

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â™¥Â Les gens sont incroyablement gentils et serviables. C’est arrivÃ© plusieurs fois qu’une petite mamie vienne engager la conversation. Nous Ã©tions deux filles en visite, et beaucoup de messieurs se montraient infiniment aimables afin de nous indiquer la bonne direction. Une entraide que l’on ne voit que trÃ¨s rarement dans d’autres villes.

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â™¥Â Les arbres sont immenses. Et trÃ¨s beaux. Ont peux admirer d’impressionnant spÃ©cimens PlazaÂ San Martin de Tours.

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â™« â™ª Sixto Rodriguez – Halfway Up The Stairs

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I didn’t know what to expect before coming to Buenos Aires.

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First, the city is really big. I could see it from my own eyes when my plane landed.

A few things I noticed and learned while I was there ( you can also find adresses tips at the end of the article ):

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â™¥Â Buenos Aires is very similar to Paris for the architecture. Many french buildings were made exactly the same in Buenos Aires as in Paris in the early century.

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â™¥Â Argentinians are very catholics, and it shows. It is obvious then that they are very proud of the new Pope, who is Argentinian ( I could even see prints of him on clothes, dishes and accessories ).

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â™¥Â You don’t teach an Argentinian how to make pasta or Pizza. With a strong Italian heritage ( as well as Irish ), it’s really easy to find good italian food in the city.

It’s a very european influenced city in fact. Probably the most of all Latin America.

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â™¥Â I never saw as many French cars in the street as in Argentina. With all these Haussmanniean building, the illusion to be in Paris was almost perfect ! ExceptÂ everything is written and spoken in spanish ! I learned just a bit later there are french cars factories in Argentina. That explains everything ! I still think argentinians must love french cars though.

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â™¥Â If you wander around the city, you will easily see one of these dog sitters. Some of them can even walk more than 15 dogs at the same time. That reminded me of New York.

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â™¥Â People are incredibly friendly and helpful. We were two girls visiting, and it happened many times that cute old little grannies started talking with us, men wanted to help us with directions. Something you will almost never see in other cities.

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â™¥Â Trees are huge. And very beautiful. The most impressive ones are located on Plaza San Martin de Tours.

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â™¥Â AdressesÂ â™¥

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â™¥Â San Telmo market:

During sunday morning, many antique stores, amazing vintage furnitures shops, jewels and more.

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â™¥ Restaurant Cabana de las Lilas:

A very good restaurant for meat lovers.

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â™¥Â El Ateneo:

A Library in a beautiful place that used to be an Opera !

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â™¥Â Fundacion Silataj :

For handcraft traditional arts and souvenirs. I bought many beautiful animals mask there.

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â™¥Â Comme il faut:

The most famous Tango shoe maker in Buenos Aires.Â The shoes are lovely, but the awfully snob and not nice owner made the shopping experience unpleasant. And this is coming from someone who bought no lessÂ than 3 pairs.

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