The document summarizes a day trip around Buenos Aires, Argentina, visiting several important landmarks. The places mentioned include the Congress building, Plaza de Mayo square surrounded by historic buildings like the Casa Rosada, Metropolitan Cathedral, Teatro Colon opera house, and Recoleta Cemetery. The trip concluded with bowling for fun after a long day of sightseeing around the city.

1. The first place we stopped by was
the Congress of the Nation.
•The Congress of the
Argentine Nation is
the legislative branch of the
government of Argentina. Its
composition is bicameral,
constituted by a 72-
•A closeup of the iron gates in front of he
seat Senate and a 257-
Congreso Nacional palace's main entrance,
seat Chamber of Deputies.
whose round artwork contains coat of arms
•The building is located in Buenos for all of the 23 Argentinian provinces and
Aires, at the western end of Avenida of the autonomic administrative area of
Buenos Aires.
de Mayo.
•The Congreso Nacional building was designed by Italian architect Vittorio
Meano, with the construction work taking place a period from 1898 to 1906.

2. After the Congress we
wento to:
•Plaza de Mayo (May
Square): is the main
square in downtown
Buenos Aires.
•Witness to the most
important events in
Argentinean history, Plaza de
Mayo is surrounded by such
symbolic buildings such as
•Its current name commemorates the May
the Cabildo, the Cathedral,
Revolution of 1810, which started the process
and the Casa Rosada, offices
towards the country's independence from Spain
of the President of the
in 1816.
Nation
•The plaza, since 1977, is where the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo have congregated with
signs and pictures of desaparecidos, their children, who were subject to forced
disappearance by the Argentine military in the Dirty War, during the National
Reorganization Process.

3. Later we got to know: •The Casa Rosada was built in the
location which, since the foundation
of the city of Buenos Aires, the top
•La Casa Rosada (The Pink political institutions of Argentina
House) is the executive resided. The current Italian-style
mansion and office of building, however, dates back only
the President of Argentina. to 1873. Constructed in the late 19th
century over the foundations of an
earlier Customs House, Post Office,
and fortress, it stands at the eastern
end of the "Plaza de Mayo".
•The characteristic color of the Casa
Rosada is baby pink, and is considered
one of the most emblematic buildings
in Buenos Aires.

4. We cross the street and
finally arrived to:
•The Buenos Aires
Metropolitan Cathedral is
the main Catholic
church in Buenos
Aires, Argentina. It is
located in the city center,
overlooking Plaza de Mayo,
on the corner of San Martín
and Rivadavia streets.
•It is also the burial •The original structure of this great church was
place of General de built in 1745, but it was not designated a cathedral
San Martin, who is of the Catholic Church until 1836.
often referred to as
the Father of the
Nation.

5. We visited one of the most beautiful places in
Buenos Aires:
•The Teatro Colón (Columbus Theatre) is
the main opera house in Buenos
Aires, Argentina, acoustically
considered to be amongst the five best
concert venues in the world.
•The present Colón replaced an
original theatre which opened in
1857. Towards the end of the century
it became clear that a new theatre
was needed and, after a 20-year
process, the present theatre opened
on May 25, 1908.
•The auditorium is horseshoe-shaped, has 2,487 seats, standing room for
1,000 and a stage which is 20 m wide, 15 m high and 20 m deep. The
Colon's acoustics are considered to be so good as to place it in the top five
performance venues in the world.

6. We kept on walking until we reached:
•The Recoleta •It is an important
neighborhood is tourist destination
distinguished by and cultural
its great cultural center of the city.
spaces.
•The Recoleta Cemetery is one of the main tourist attractions in the neighborhood. It was
designed by the French architect, Prosper Catelin, at the request of President Bernardino
Rivadavia, and was dedicated in 1822.
•The cemetery is located next to the former monastery of the Recollect Fathers. It is an
outstanding display of nineteenth- and twentieth-century funerary art and architecture,
with private family crypts of the bourgeoisie and mausoleum of the landowning classes.

7. After a long day of walking, we finally had our reward. We arrived to the hotel
to rest a moment and to get ready for dinner.
After dinner we went
to the bowling!
We had loads of fun there,
but we could have enjoyed
the most if we hadn’t been
so tired.
Anyway, that was a very
exciting day.