Buenos Aires, Argentina: Natalie

During my time in Buenos Aires, I have been living in a neighborhood called Recoleta. It is a beautiful neighborhood best known for its cemetery. It is filled with restaurants, a mall, parks, and so much more! This blog post will be a little virtual tour around the place I have called home for the past month. The image above is the church that the cemetery is associated with. It is a beautiful building inside and out, and is open for the public to see. Inside the cemetery is even more spectacular than the church! There is row after row of beautiful monuments celebrating the lives of many. It is a place of reverence and respect for the dead. The atmosphere of the cemetery is incredible and even after visiting it multiple times, I still appreciate its beauty each time I see it!  Another one of my favorite places in Recoleta is the Ateneo bookstore. In this building that used to be an old theater, books are sold and tourists are attracted to the structure of the bui

I am now a little over one week into this adventure in Argentina. At first, it was quite overwhelming. The city is huge, and it took me a few days to get used to navigating through the city using the "subte" (subway) system here and coordinating bus routes as well. The language barrier was also a shock to me, but I have been learning so much every single day and have improved in my language skills already in the short amount of time that I have been here! Some of my favorite things about living in Buenos Aires so far is the closeness of everything. Everywhere I need or want to go is either a short walk or subway ride away. And with subway trips costing less than 30 cents, exploring is so easy to do here! I live in a neighborhood called Recoleta, home of the famous Recoleta cemetery. This has been one of my favorite tourist destinations so far. The massive cemetery is filled with elegant monuments to celebrate the lives of deceased loved ones. The atmosphere is one of respec