We were now officially docked for disembarkation but were overnighting here. No more being rocked to sleep by the ship movement tonight. They allowed those that wanted to disembark this morning do so; they had instructions in the disembarkation documents.

Today, we planned another walking tour. We enjoy them; you see a lot and get great local information. We planned http://www.buenosairesfreewalks.com/ starting at 10:30 am at Plaza Estado del Vaticano (Corner of Libertad and Viamonte), next to Teatro Colón.

We got off the ship. Like Valpo, this is in the container shipping area, so we had a path to walk and then got on a coach. They were operating multiple shuttles between the dock and the terminal. It looked like a much nicer terminal to embark from than the one in Valpo.

Out of the terminal, we read the port area could be dangerous and that the mafia ran the taxis near the port, so they were overpriced. It was a little shady; after enough feeling uncomfortable on one street we turned. Our feeling of safety improved after that. We did leave most valuables and jewelry on the ship and watched our backpack carefully.

Walking to meet the tour.

This clock tower was a gift from the British. Though probably famous, I did not remember what the statue was. My google goggles says La Rioja, but that does not sound right. Maybe it is the square's name. I liked the arch.

We arrived at the meeting point for the walking tour early. We sat down for a bit and used the wi-fi, and then walked around a little more.

When it was time to meet, we went back. As people gathering; the tour guide sent everyone over to sit on the steps of Teatro Colón in the shade to wait. They waited until after the starting time for gathering.

View from the waiting spot.

Building with Eva Perón. "BA" bushes.

Starting the tour, we moved over and had a good view of Teatro Colón.

We were a large group in a very trafficked city with very wide streets. This made crossing streets hard, where we had to cross in groups over multiple light cycles at times. Avenue 9 de Julio was the biggest street -- the street names were famous dates in Argentinian history.

Here our guide noted the doors were on the wrong sides of the buses, so they have them drive on the other sides of the roads at this bus stop.

This was a rich BA citizens home. The story was that she did not think her son's girlfriend was high enough status for her son, so she sent her son away to Europe to separate them.

Then she was building or commissioning this church. It was a project that she very important to her. The girlfriend got the land right beside it and built this building to block the view of the church. Her name is on the side: Corina.

At one stop, the tour guide went into detail about the economy. They have and have had very high inflation. He told a story of being a child, and he and his mother filling a basket full of groceries at the store, knowing tomorrow with inflation they would not be able to afford them. Currently, they have 41% year over year inflation.

We stopped for a restroom break and snack. We walked to a less crowded store nearby and found some candy and I got a packaged ice cream.

Back on the tour, we stopped at the Argentinian Malvinas (Falklands) War memorial. We learned about the untrained and unprepared Argentinian army and that it was a rash political decision to go to war by Argentinian and British leadership who had never been to the Falklands.

View of the big buildings. This was a florist with a speakeasy bar underneath.

An Israeli embassy that was mysteriously bombed -- without finding the guilty party; he noted the government may have been involved.

Then we arrived at the famous cemetery. There was also a restroom available here.

We learned the full story of Eva Peron. She worked for the working class and was loved by them. She came to BA to be an actress. She married the president. She got cancer and died very young at 33. The long part of the story is moving and hiding of her body after she died. She is now buried here with her family, instead of the Peron family. Her family: Duarte.

Entrance / Exit

The tour ended here. We tipped and thanked our tour guide. It was a longer tour than I expected -- very good and informative, but I was tired!

We had written down a recommended steak place, but I was deterred after the day before. We had some recommended ice cream on the walk back instead.

There was a lot of traffic here! I did not get a good picture of all the traffic. We took some video too. We learned on our tour that tomorrow was a holiday. Oh no, not good for traffic when we need to get to airport tomorrow. It turned out that the holiday greatly improved the traffic. So, we got to experience crazy busy city BA, and the second day have a calmer experience.

We made it back to the port with our tired feet and legs. An airplane near the port.

I don't have any notes on what we did our last night on the ship. We definitely packed and got our luggage put out for pick up as our last day was upon us.