{"id":310,"date":"2011-01-25T05:57:34","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T10:57:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/2011\/01\/evoking-evita"},"modified":"2011-01-28T06:11:37","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T11:11:37","slug":"evoking-evita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/2011\/01\/evoking-evita","title":{"rendered":"Evoking Evita"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tuesday January 25-<\/p>\n<p>This was our first &#8220;normal&#8221; day of the trip. We walked the shady streets of Buenos Aires toward Recoleta this morning.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href='http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58489710@N07\/5395459050\/'><img src='http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4092\/5395459050_c63f65a15d_b.jpg' border='0' width='480' height='640' style='margin:5px'><\/a><\/center><br \/>Even tiny public parks have a Facebook page, apparently.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href='http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58489710@N07\/5394862617\/'><img src='http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5257\/5394862617_272ca40551_b.jpg' border='0' width='640' height='480' style='margin:5px'><\/a><\/center><br \/>In Recoleta we toured the famous cemetary, home of the monied aristocracy of Argentina. The big attraction is Evita (Eva Peron).<\/p>\n<p><center><a href='http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58489710@N07\/5395459438\/'><img src='http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4089\/5395459438_69c130ae6b_b.jpg' border='0' width='640' height='480' style='margin:5px'><\/a><\/center><br \/>Other famous people were to be found as well.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href='http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58489710@N07\/5394863069\/'><img src='http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4109\/5394863069_d2ab51f82d_b.jpg' border='0' width='480' height='640' style='margin:5px'><\/a><\/center><br \/>Crypt cats lazed.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href='http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58489710@N07\/5395459852\/'><img src='http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4139\/5395459852_089247177b_b.jpg' border='0' width='480' height='640' style='margin:5px'><\/a><\/center><br \/>Next stop: ice cream. Josie works at an ice cream parlor in Asheville, NC, and she was sooooo excited!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href='http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58489710@N07\/5394863423\/'><img src='http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4082\/5394863423_fb2c2321d8_b.jpg' border='0' width='640' height='480' style='margin:5px'><\/a><\/center><br \/>Kina displayed poster-perfect ice cream posture.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href='http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58489710@N07\/5395460184\/'><img src='http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5259\/5395460184_4a949e28e8_b.jpg' border='0' width='480' height='640' style='margin:5px'><\/a><\/center><br \/>Wyatt, Quinn, and Kina practiced their Spanish with a national newspaper.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href='http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58489710@N07\/5395460358\/'><img src='http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4083\/5395460358_7ff31f1aec_b.jpg' border='0' width='640' height='480' style='margin:5px'><\/a><\/center><br \/>Next door to the ice cream was El Ateneo, an opera house-turned-bookstore.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href='http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58489710@N07\/5394863899\/'><img src='http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5060\/5394863899_13596d4bdf_b.jpg' border='0' width='640' height='480' style='margin:5px'><\/a><\/center><br \/>Epic.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href='http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58489710@N07\/5394864103\/'><img src='http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5060\/5394864103_dc7474e2c2_b.jpg' border='0' width='640' height='480' style='margin:5px'><\/a><\/center><br \/>We grabbed the subway to tango lessons, where Alicia taught us the salida a.k.a. cruzada a.k.a. &#8220;the cross&#8221;. Ingmar and Claire demonstrate.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href='http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58489710@N07\/5394864267\/'><img src='http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5100\/5394864267_a0c3c04dd9_b.jpg' border='0' width='640' height='480' style='margin:5px'><\/a><\/center><br \/>Jalen, one of our two vegans, was delighted to find a frozen block of squid in the supermarket\u2014but still no soymilk.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href='http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/58489710@N07\/5395461080\/'><img src='http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5016\/5395461080_252beffb5e_b.jpg' border='0' width='640' height='480' style='margin:5px'><\/a><\/center><br \/>We enjoyed a light rain on the way back. 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