Buenos Aires Tour and Uruguay

A view towards the Parliment bulding in main square with the Argentina flag flying above. 

Today we toured the city of Buenos Aires. Our tour guide Marcela took us through the city starting in the downtown area where we stayed last night. One interesting fact is that the North side of the city is Italian style and the South side is Spanish style. After that, we saw some of the major monuments throughout the city. 

One of the monuments we went to was the burial site for Eva Peron, the wife of one of the past presidents that was overthrown. Eva passed away when she was only 33, and her body was stolen. It was recovered and transferred to Europe where it stayed for several years. It is back in Argentina now.

We also visited the Basilica in Buenos Aires. It was where the current Pope Francis conducted mass before he was named Pope. There is a Jesus statue in the Basilica that was donated by one of the soccer teams who had bought it for good luck when they were winning many of their games.

Towards the end of the tour, we visited one of the major soccer (futbol) stadiums. There are 20 different minor league soccer teams throughout the city. One of the main teams wears red and white colors which respresents the upper class and the other main team is blue and yellow (boca) which represents the middle/poor class. It was a pretty neat experience. We toured the Boca team stadium. It holds 50,000 people.

After lunch by the river, we boarded the ferry headed to Uruguay. We arrived safely to a beautiful hotel in La Colonia.

Submitted by Lexi Jennings and Chelsea Jennings 

View of the skyline of the newest part of Buenos Aires that has only been developed since 1998  where many of the  factories along the river were restored and converted to high-end condos, restaurants and the theatres 

Students at the Boca Futbol (Soccer Stadium)

In the Government area called Main Square this was the early Spanish Goverment house that is now a museum. 

The group standing in front of the Parliment House which is now home of the new Goverment which took office on November 22nd ander President Macri and has the agricultural community excited about the future of Ag policy and the reduction of taxes. 

Students Austin, Jacob, Derek and Lexi preparing for their first Ferry ride. The  Ferry travels across the river between Argentina Dan Uruguay on a regular basis and makes easy access between the two countries.