Sleepy in Buenos Aires

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It is difficult for a country to make a good impression when you take an overnight flight that lasts 4 and a half hours in a really uncomfortable seat; and you land with no sleep and must wait for hostel shuttle to arrive. I was quite grumpty by the time I saw the driver, but relief that I was going to be taken downtown to hostel won over and I greeted him with enthusiasm.
I have to wait until two p.m. before I get a private room, and I decided to seek out an internet cafe with fast computers. I dropped the bags in the luggage room and found bank, restaurant (hamburgers come with no bun but with olives, boiled egg and french fries) and tourist bureau. My hostel is in central Buenos Aires, 150 metres from the oblisque.
I can´t decide if Buenos Aires is a Londony-kind-of-Madrid, or a Madridy-kind-of-London. I think the latter. We are in the Soho section of the city. Phantom of the Opera theatre is next door to the hostel. The pedestrian street is one street away, and it is filled with all kinds of places to get into mischief.
According to the map, I am walking distance from the ferry to Uruguay. After a good nights sleep I will figure out what to do. This is a great city filled with trees with pink blossoms, huge boulevards with convenient subway underneath, an outside-cafe feel....I could spend some time here but I am hankering for a village on the beach.

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Photos

Downtown
Hostel is 150 metres from oblisque

Pink Blossoms
Cool trees with pink blossoms. Other trees have purple flowers.

Hostel Bus
A blessing for today, to be driven from airport to hostel door.

Main Boulevard
Really wide like Madrid, but many trees like Canada (except they are tropical trees)

Pedestrian Street
Theatres, restaurants, gaming establishments, shops

Zoom into Pink
I wonder what kind of tree this is?

Phantom In Town
Hostel is right beside theatre