Calle Florida 1

Adri & Mitch - Day 3 Buenos Aires

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December 30th 2008
Our Shopping Experience… Today we visited Calle Florida. It’s supposed to be the leather shopping mecca of BA. In reality, Calle Florida is an 11 block shopping mayhem. It’s a pedestrian street flanked by tall office buildings with shops on the first floor. The amount of people walking up and down this street is reminiscent to the streets of Manhattan. If you don’t keep moving, someon ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Buenos Aires

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more