What appears as abandoned streets lined with apartments during the day, comes alive after about 9 or 10 at night (every night). Walking around during the day is nothing like seeing all the restaurants open, patio tables and chairs full of diners, and people walking around at midnight without a care about the next day. It's truly a night owl's dream. When we first got into our apartment, the owner was explaining that the trash should be placed outside the door by 7. We clarified, 7 am? She laughed and laughed. No silly...7 pm. No one is up at 7 am in the morning. [Below: Plaza Serrano getting ready for the night. This was around 9pm and still basically empty.]
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THINGS TO DO
1. Visit Parqué 3 de Febrero's ponds and rose garden
2. Visit the botanical gardens, Japanese garden, and zoo
3. Visit the many museums, including the Evita Museum and MALBA (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires)
4. Shop for one of a kind clothing at one of the Buenos Aires's designer boutique store
5. Hang out at one of the bars on Plaza Serrano until the wee hours
6. Go on a neighborhood graffiti/mural tour
7. Enjoy one of the many international restaurants. Feel like Vietnamese, sushi, Indian curry, gyros, tacos, pizza, barbecue, Scandinavian, vegetarian? They got it here.
8. Go listen to live music at one of the many venues such as Boris de Jazz or Thelonius.
[Below: strolling the lovely streets of Palermo Soho.]
[Below: dog walkers everywhere. All the dog poo left on the sidewalks reminds us a lot of Paris. No wonder they call Buenos Aires, the Paris of the South.]
[Below: enjoying the cafe culture with a delicious cup of coffee and alfajores cookies.]
[Below: love the brightly painted buildings. Irony is the equal amounts of graffiti painted all over the nicest looking neighborhoods...]
[Below: creative use of space in a former industrial warehouse and silos, turned into condos. Palermo Hollywood.]
[Below: found a HUGE furniture flea market, Mercado de Pulgas, in Palermo Hollywood.]
[Below: Islamic Cultural Center off of Bullrich and Libertador Avenues.]
[Below: Large park, similar in size to Central Park in New York City. Parqué 3 de Febrero. Lots of people (and geese) out and about on a sunny, wintery day.]
[Below: some roses still in bloom in the rose garden.]
[Below: old magnolia tree.]
[Below: carriage rides around the park.]
[Below: “El monumento de los Españoles” (The Monument to the Spaniards) on Libertador Avenue. It was donated in 1910 by the Spanish community for the centenary of the May Revolution.]
[Below: Japanese Garden, dedicated to then Prince Akihito and Princess Michiko on their visit to Argentina in 1967. Cherry and plum blossoms still in bloom in winter!]
[Below: we didn't go inside, but the Evita Museum seems to be a popular attraction in Palermo.]
[Below: the "dark-side" of the streets of BA. Besides all the dog poo on the sidewalks, the piles of trash on the streets are HORRENDOUS! People seem to have no qualms about letting the trash pile up and getting ransacked, even in the nicest areas of town. Disgusting.]
[Below: night out at Boris Jazz Club, 2-blocks away from our apartment. Cirilo Fernandez is the pianist and band leader. A Swiss native, grew up in BA, and studied at the world renowned contemporary music school, Berklee College of Music in Boston. They were very talented and passionate about their music. It was definitely jazz, but some bizarre jazz fusion with the synthesizer.]
[Below: one of the many restaurants with international flair around Palermo Viejo. La Fabrica del Taco.]
[Below: ...and a BarBQ restaurant, although the laundry guy down the street from Australia said it wasn't that good; to try Kansas Grill and Bar instead.]
Well, that basically sums up our home-away-from-home in Palermo. Hope you have a chance to visit and stay in this cool 'hood. We highly recommend it.
