Buenos Aires, Argentina.

You can see why once we left Cape Horn and the Falkland Islands, the weather warmed considerably - we'd really come quite a bit further north. Our time in Montevideo, Buenos Aires and Rio was back to summer again!



Perfect for strolling through the lovely city parks...ahem, or just sitting in them.



Or, when that proved too exhausting, moving on to lovely cafes...



For some tasty treats.



Buenos Aires is described as having a "European feel" and we definitely found that to be true. Right down to the yummy little croissants.

Of course it wasn't all park benches and cafes. There were goofy pictures to be taken too.



This is the Casa Rosada, where the head of state works. Made famous by Evita Peron giving speeches there. They say that Madonna also filmed some scenes there for her Evita movie (not that we'd know, we just can't quite get past it being Madonna and haven't even seen the movie.)



There were so many lovely areas of the city to explore. One of my favorites was the Caminito area.











So we, er, headed to another cafe just to watch the world pass by.



Lovely.

Another highlight of Buenos Aires was Recoleta Cemetary. Yep, a cemetary. We actually do enjoy exploring cemetaries in different countries because they vary so much based on the local traditions. Those of Central and South America are among the best though. No simple headstone for them, no sir. How about a full tomb as an honor to your passed on beloved ones?



Aren't they beautiful?



While we were searching for the cemetary, we found a beautiful tree.



And as we were admiring it, the skies opened and began absolutely pouring on us. At first we tried to take shelter under the branches. But it rained harder, and harder...and then we heard thunder...and realized that under a massive tree wasn't the best place to stand.



So we ran for it...into the nearest cafe we could find. A fitting end for our time in Buenos Aires.