{"id":11565,"date":"2011-01-21T23:30:10","date_gmt":"2011-01-22T07:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/index.php\/archives\/11565"},"modified":"2011-01-21T23:30:10","modified_gmt":"2011-01-22T07:30:10","slug":"adios-buenos-aires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/11565","title":{"rendered":"Adi\u00f3s, Buenos Aires"},"content":{"rendered":"

The day I spent at Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur (South Waterfront Ecological Reserve) was my last day in Buenos Aires .\u00a0 Shortly after returning to my hotel, I caught a cab to the airport .\u00a0 The cab driver tried to talk to me, but I know only a handful of words in Spanish (although I can speak\u00c2\u00a0some Portuguese) .\u00a0 About a third of the way to the airport, I had a horrible realization .\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I had left my passport in the hotel safe!\u00c2\u00a0 I excitedly told the cab driver (speaking in Portuspanglish) that I had to go back to the hotel and get my passport and, surprisingly, he understood me!\u00c2\u00a0 Fortunately, I was able to get back to the hotel, retrieve my passport, and reach the airport in plenty of time to catch my flight home .\u00a0 For this wrap-up of my trip, I have a few miscellaneous photos to share .\u00a0 The first photo is of Puente de la Mujer (Women’s Bridge)\u00c2\u00a0so-called because several of the streets in the Puerto Madiero neighborhood where the bridge is located are named for women .\u00a0 To the left of the bridge is the Argentine naval vessel ARA Presidente Sarmiento, built in 1897 and named for the seventh president of Argentina .\u00a0 The second photo is of Museo de Cabildo in the Microcentro of Buenos Aires .\u00a0 Genealogists would love to visit Museo de Cabildo (the old Town Hall) because it contains maps that date from the early 1700s .\u00a0 The existing building is only a remnant of the original .\u00a0 Twice in history, portions of the Cabildo were removed to make way for modern construction .\u00a0 The third photo shows Caesalpinia gillesii<\/em> (Yellow Bird of Paradise), one more plant in Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur .\u00a0 The last photo was one of my last glimpses of Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur, and shows a meadow of Typha<\/em> sp. (Cattails) .\u00a0 With that, I say goodbye to Buenos Aires with sweet memories of her\u00c2\u00a0warm, sunny days and cool, starry nights.<\/p>\n

\"Puente<\/a><\/p>\n

Puente de la Mujer (Women’s Bridge)<\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Puente de la Mujer (Women’s Bridge) (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 Dec 2010.<\/p>\n

\"Museo<\/a><\/p>\n

Museo de Cabildo<\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Museo de Cabildo (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 30 Dec 2010.<\/p>\n

\"Caesalpinia<\/a><\/p>\n

Caesalpinia gillesii<\/em> (Yellow Bird of Paradise)<\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Caesalpinia gillesii<\/em> (Yellow Bird of Paradise) (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 04 Jan 2011.<\/p>\n

\"Meadow<\/a><\/p>\n

Meadow of Typha<\/em> sp. (Cattails)<\/p>\n

SOURCE:\u00a0 Meadow of Typha<\/em> sp. (Cattails) (Buenos Aires, Argentina), photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 04 Jan 2011.<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2011 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The day I spent at Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur (South Waterfront Ecological Reserve) was my last day in Buenos Aires. Shortly after returning to my hotel, I caught a cab to the airport. The cab driver tried to talk to me, but I know only a handful of words in Spanish (although I can speak some Portuguese). About a third of the way to the airport, I had a horrible realization. I had left my passport in the hotel safe! I excitedly told the cab driver (speaking in Portuspanglish) that I had to go back to the hotel and get my passport and, surprisingly, he understood me! Fortunately, I was able to get back to the hotel, retrieve my passport, and reach the airport in plenty of time to catch my flight home. For this wrap-up of my trip, I have a few miscellaneous photos to share. The first photo is of Puente de la Mujer (Women’s Bridge) so-called because several of the streets in the Puerto Madiero neighborhood where the bridge is located are named for women. To the left of the bridge is the Argentine naval vessel ARA Presidente Sarmiento, built in 1897 and named for the seventh president of Argentina. The second photo is of Museo de Cabildo in the Microcentro of Buenos Aires. Genealogists would love to visit Museo de Cabildo (the old Town Hall) because it contains maps that date from the early 1700s. The existing building is only a remnant of the original. Twice in history, portions of the Cabildo were removed to make way for modern construction. The third photo shows Caesalpinia gillesii (Yellow Bird of Paradise), one more plant in Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur. The last photo was one of my last glimpses of Reserva Ecol\u00f3gica Costanera Sur, and shows a meadow of Typha sp. (Cattails). With that, I say goodbye to Buenos Aires with sweet memories of her warm, sunny days and cool, starry nights. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27],"tags":[170],"class_list":["post-11565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-journal","tag-buenos-aires"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pyBfX-30x","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}