Bohemian Rhapsody

Lively is a good desciption of Buenos Aires. Historically the most important city of Latin America: the New York or Paris for this part of the world. Art thrives in the capital.

I enjoyed the majority of the cultural experiences with Kristy, who arrived a few days after me. The highlight of our outings was definitely the world-famous Teatro Colon, a relic of an opera house at which all major names have played. We saw La Boheme, an Italian opera on which the modern-day musical Rent is based. It was fantastic! I went into it thinking I wouldn´t like it too much because I generally prefer something other than an opera, but it couldn´t have been better (except that the subtitles above the stage were in spanish...meaning that I had to translate the translation!)

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Another stage we saw was El Ateneo, a theatre-turned-bookstore. It was an incredible use of the space.





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Another artsy stop was in the section of San Telmo, where Sundays bring a huge antiques fair as well as many musicians and other street performers. We unfortunately didn´t see any of the tango shows for which this area is famous, but we at least heard some good tango music.







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