Monday, 23 November 2009

Bleated Welcome to the City of Buenos Aires!

"So what's Argentina like?" I hear you ask. And I would love to share a little about what I've seen and how…
Truthfully however, I can only really disclose information about the great city of Buenos Aires.

The population of Buenos Aires is 18 Million People. One city, 18 million people. (Verrry big! Especially when I up until 5 seconds ago believed that the whole population on Great Britain was 6 million... I obviously don't remember numbers well! haha) Not only is the population dense, but the area is vast. It is split into 2 sections, Capital Federal and Provincia. And is made up of numerous different c… just like Manchester, London, or any other city. You can travel to the beach (about 4 hours away) and you are still in Buenos Aires.

The land is mainly extremely flat, but the cityscape is fascinating. A helter skeltering motorway system weaves it's way around the diverse collection of buildings, with various heights and various architectural styles, which are neatly placed into the grid formation. The further into Provincia that you the more spread out and similar the buildings become.

Contrary to common belief not every single Argentine knows how to dance tango or folklore. In actual fact the only people (obviously minus a few exceptions, I suppose) to take tango or folklore classes are foreigners and tourists. However, having said that, Argentines definitely dance more than the English, it's just that the don't all know the "traditional dances".

It is just like any other city! Only, unique! Yet, due to my lack of city experiences I do not feel I am qualified (nor able) to perhaps distinguish the similarities and differences in order to give a thorough analytical viewpoint.

It is a place which holds much to be discovered and uncovered... SO LET'S GO EXPLOOOREEEEE!!!!!

3 comments:

Lizzie Wizzie Winchcombe said...

Polly dearest the population of Gb is 60 million not 6....

Lovely to read more about the city though.

Pol said...

Hahahahahhaaaa! I can't believe I did that! I believed it was actually 6 million! But then again... I have not much concept of quantities. It's now changed so that Great britain hasn't been deprived of 90% of it's population. (I hope I got the maths right :s haha)

The Snoopy the Cat Appreciation Society said...

NOVEMBER! i hope you've noticed what month you wrote this in eddie! shocking! what type of a blogger are you? tsk tsk tsk