High-rise hotels in city now dominate this Spanish settlement of 1500s

Obelisk, built in 1936, commemorates city's 400th anniversary

Exclusive shopping mall along Florida St,, a pedestrian area

Beautiful vaulted ceiling paintings adorn the elegant mall

Street vendors sell wares along the walkway to our hotel

We ate lunch at this restaurant, below roof of bicycles

An upscale Parisian department store on Florida Street

Our hotel, the  lovely Panamericano, on Avenue 9 de Julio

7 lanes of traffic moving south on widest street in Argentina

Large billboard near our hotel - BK had best "banos"

This McDonalds takes up the whole block!

Seated on veranda of Cabana las Lalas in Puerto Madera

Argentinean streak - scrumptious/cooked to perfection!

Dockside sailing vessels line the London-style harbor

Cathedral Metropolitana is the city's main cathedral

Statue of Christ carved from wood of algarroba (carob) tree

Cathedral has soaring baroque interior/eye-catching altar

Final resting place of Liberator General Jose de San Martin, Argentina's independence leader

Isn't he a handsome guard outside the tomb?