Adios, Argentina

Our last day in the city, we returned to one of our favorite neighborhoods from our visit last year, Palermo Soho. This sort of Bohemian, artsy area is a quiet change from the noisy, bustling areas near Avenida Nueve de Julio with its twelve lanes of traffic.

Time may not stand still here, but this neighborhood does seem a world apart.
Some of the buildings are evidence of another era, when architectural ornamentation was important.

For others, the ornament may be intended or unintended art work.

 Many of the streets are tree-lined,  and flowers are plentiful.

There are plenty of reasons to suppose that Palermo Soho is a world removed from the flash of the big city.

This is a city of contrasts and Palermo Soho reminds us of that. But even though the food, the wine and the coffee are spectacular,

it is time to go.