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Welcome to Argentina and the capital Buenos Aires. After an overnight flight from San Diego to Dallas, to Miami and finally to Buenos Aires arriving early the next morning. This is my 5th trip to Argentina. Literally Buenos Aires is the Paris of South America. The real heart of downtown Buenos Aires is only about a 16 by 10 block rectangular area. Outside the hub, the city sprawls for miles in all directions.

Within this central zone you will find the city's major commerce, shopping and nightlife spots. La Bombonera is an association football stadium located in La Boca district of Buenos Aires.

The streets you will to know to get around on your own are Avenida de Mayo, Avenida 9 de Julio, Avenida Corrientes, and Calle Lavalle - plus Florida, a lively shopping thoroughfare that runs from Plaza San Martin to Avenida de Mayo.

La Boca is a neighborhood, or barrio of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires

La Boca is a popular destination for tourists visiting Argentina, with its colorful houses and pedestrian street, the Caminito, where tango artists perform and tango-related memorabilia is sold. Other attractions include the La Ribera theatre, many tango clubs and Italian taverns. The actual area visited by tourists is only a few blocks long and has been built up for tourism very actively over the last few years

Art painted on the local walls in La Boca

The old fashioned accordion. We proceeded to have a demonstration of the tango.

The tango is a distinctive partner dance which originated in the working-class port neighborhoods of Buenos Aires.

Colorful shanty houses line each side of the street and impromptu performances are often carried out by talented tango dancers. Although a top spot to experience Argentine culture, remember to be careful in El Caminito, as tourists are sometimes the targets of theft.

Inside courtyard in La Boca we received some tango lessons.

A corner pizza cafe in La Boca

A colorful art mural on a wall nearby.

Side view of the corner building at Caminito

La Boca was the neighborhood where new immigrants first established themselves when they arrived in Buenos Aires.

The centerpiece is the cobblestone strip, El Caminito, or little walkway. The one-time railway route is lined with the bright facades that make La Boca postcard perfect. Named for a 1926 tango song, the pedestrian lane features an outdoor fair where artists sell their wares and tango dancers prance along the sidewalk in between photo ops with tourists.

Monument in the doorway for the current Pope in the Vatican is from Argentina. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on December 17, 1936, Jorge Mario Bergoglio became Pope Francis on March 13, 2013, when he was named the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. Bergoglio, the first pope from the Americas, took his papal title after St. Francis of Assisi of Italy.

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