Casa Rosada and Plaza de Mayo

   Plaza de Mayo

           Casa Rosada      

      
In the city games, which my team (Los Ganadores) won, one of the places we visited was the Plaza de Mayo. In the Plaza de Mayo, there stands a stratue with the date of May 10, 1810. This marks the day of the May Revolution in Buenos Aires which started its path toward becoming a country. It started the route towards independence. Also in the Plaza de Mayo is the Casa Rosada. This house is the office and mansion of the President of Argentina. The reason for the house being pink is that it was painted a combination of white and red to combine the colors of the two governement parties in the country and defuse the tensions between the two. In order to get the pink color, it was painted with cow blood.

San Martin's Mausoleum and Recoleta Cemetery

  La Recoleta Cemetery      

       Evita Peron's Tomb

    La Recoleta Cemetery

       

 San Martin's Mausoleum

Another destination on our city game trip was the La Recoleta Cemetery. This cemetery houses 4,691 graves of the dead. One of the most significant of these deceased people is Eva "Evita" Peron. Eva Peron was one of the former Presidents of Argentina. Near La Recoleta Cemetery is San Martin's Mausoleum. This is the memorial grave for Jose de San Martin. San Martin was the general ho led the independence charge back in the early 1800's. The Mausoleum is located in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral. There are guards at certain spots around the cathedral and they change everyday at 2 pm and 5 pm.

The Metallic Flower at the United Nations Square and Graffiti Bridge near by

Metallic Flower at the United Nations Square

Metallic Flower at the United Nations Square

Graffiti bridge near United Nations Square

The last place we visited for the games (after 10 miles of walking) was the United Nations Square. On our trek over to see the Metallic Flower, we crossed a cool bridge with graffiti on it that we all took interest in. The Metallic Flower is molded in a metal with an element that is so light sensitive that it opens and closes as the day goes on. When the flower is most open, or at full bloom, is at midday when the sun is highest in the sky.