Saturday, February 14, 2004
Buenos Aries, Argentina
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"The Paris of the South," as it is known, has a Theater Opera House, a cathedral and lovely parklands. You can visit the Presidential Palace and museums near the Plaza de Mayo. Being one of the most established Jewish Cities in the world, we explored the culture and heritage of Jewish Buenos Aries.
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Our day begins with a pier side pickup in a comfortable air-conditioned motorcoach and/or van, to tour Jewish Buenos Aires. We visited various historic locations including the bombed Israel Embassy (1 - 3), the Holocaust Museum (which opened for us special on Shabbat), (1 - 7) and the Jewish Community Center (1 - 7). Sergio Kiernan a well known journalist from Pagina 12, a very important newspaper in Argentina, provided a lecture your group presenting an introduction to the Jewish communities of Argentina, including the actual socio-economic situation; We then headed off to La Boca (1 - 6), a very colorful, bizarre part of the city where we had free time for shopping.. We then returned to the ship to freshen up for our evening activity. Seņor Tango's in The Abasto for dinner and a Tango Show (1 - 7) |
Useful Links
The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Argentina
Tango (National Geographic)
What a Tango Web We WeaveBuenos Aires: Looking Good, Paying Less