La Boca was the city's first port and originally home to settlers immigrating from Italy. They built their homes from corrugated
metal and brightly colored paint left over from the shipyards.
Cafes, pubs and general stores then catered to passing sailors. Now the tourists are the mainstay of the area...yep, that's us!
And we had so much fun here.
Doesn't this look like a fun place to eat delicious steak while watching tango (and other Latin American) dancers?
We thought so, too.
After each dance "set" the dancers would come to the table with an upside-down hat to collect their tips.
We persuaded this young, beautiful tango dancer to pose with us. Considering that the staged tango extravaganzas in the city cost about $180.00 US dollars per person, we saved a tremendous amount here. And the experience was much more up-close and personal.
As we left colorful La Boca I spotted just the right thing to keep the memory alive
once back home again - this watercolor street scene painted by Veronica (pictured below).
Seeing as we returned to freezing temperatures and snow on the ground, I am going
to be looking at this painting frequently. Very frequently.
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