Buenos Aires - La Boca, Recoleta Cemetery and Treatro Colon

La Boca is a very old neighbourhood which has many Italian immigrants eons ago. Houses are mainly wooden, and protected by corrugated zinc sheets. The poor immigrants would go to the shipyards to get the leftover paints from the workers to paint their houses and these resulted in bright vibrant colours, which they are still doing it today.

In front of Boca Juniors stadium, there are stars mosaics on the floor and the most prominent on is of Diego Maradona…wow… and then I recognized Gabriel Bastituta also. Inside the Boca Juniour museum we saw the jeyseys which was worn by Maradona, and all the trophies that they have won over the years.

Jeyseys in oval frame were worn by Maradona when he was scrawny

Early morning, we went of in search of the Recoleta cemetery in the middle of town. From afar, we could see the statutes. Entering the cemetery, it is a peaceful feeling and not scary at all. There are many people here as everyone is looking for a particular tomb. We look at the information board but did not see the name we were looking for. And so we wander aimlessly and hope for the best. We saw many tombs before I turn a corner and saw many bouquets of flowers in front of a tomb. There it is…tomb of Eva Peron. The famous musical composed by Andrew Lyolds Webb, Evita Don’t Cry For Me Argentina was wriiten on her life story. It was her anniversary (of something) 2 days ago and many people had placed flowers at her tomb. And she died in 1952, shows how much Argentinians still love her.

Treatro Colon is grand threater with huge columns built from hues of marble and stain glass. Great composers like Beethoven and Mozart stands proudly casted in marble and steel. The golden hall is like a palace with sky high ceilings decorated with ornaments of musical instruments. It is simply luxurious. Wonder how much went into building this grand dame. Tickets to concerts don’t come cheap either. We tiptoe into the main theater where the performing orchestra is practicing. It has great acoustics and the music is so clear.