teach yourself Spanish course book / CD combination, which we figured would come in handy, although I must confess we’ve not been quite as disciplined with it as we might have - its very school like in its teaching!! We also managed to spot a “paseaperros”, or professional dog walker - which the guide book says you have to be lucky to see - hence us including the only photo we got of him despite it being blurred - check it out, not a job for the faint hearted!!

On to the cemetery itself, and we found ourselves wandering down row upon row of incredibly grand and ornate graves, some really would be better described as tombs, of anyone who was anyone in Buenos Aires’s history!! It reminded us very much of the little Island near Venice where all the rich and famous Venetians are buried. We ended up just aimlessly meandering around for ages, the place was enormous and somehow enchanting. We

were led by hoards of tourists to the grave of Eva Duarte, or Evita, as she’s more commonly known, our first encounter with this intriguing lady from Argentinean history!!

Recoleta is a very trendy area with prices around to match, so we had to cruise the back streets until we found a café for lunch which we could afford!! After refuelling though we decided to walk up to Palermo, a fair old stroll, but a pleasant one. There is lots of greenery in Buenos Aires, part of what makes it attractive. Even the major road into the city which we walked up had a wide area of park in between the three lanes of traffic on each side!!

We arrived at the Evita Museum and were treated to a couple of hours of fascinating exhibits, photographs and film about this Woman’s fascinating life. I knew