Don´t Cry For Me Buenos Aires

Viva Loca: So, Rebecca B, you´ve just spent a week in Buenos Aires, you crazy lady. What did you make of it?
Rebecca B: Well, Viva, it was quite an experience! I read that Porteños (Buenos Aires inhabitants) are Italians who speak Spanish, live like the French and want to be English. The city has a definite European influence, but every now and then you will be reminded you are on another continent with a streetside tango show, the sight of an unmistakeable "mestizo" with their high cheekbones, long noses and deep-set eyes, a pan-pipe band or tribute to Eva Peron sprayed on a wall.
VL: What did you enjoy the most?
RB: I absolutely loved the tango show, but also enjoyed my visit to the cemetary with the tomb of Evita. It´s like a town in itself with paved streets, lined with mausoleums (see picture). It even has signposts! And my day-trip to Colonia, across the Rio de la Plata in Uruguay was picturesque, peaceful and lovely.
VL: Is there anything you regret?
RB: Not bringing better shoes! Argentine women don´t appear to have giant plates o´ meat and I haven´t been able to buy anything except flip flops!
VL: How was the hostel experience?
RB: Not as bad as I´d feared. Once you get used to strange people being in your bedroom when you wake up, it is lots of fun. I had a great time with Michelle and Elaine, Christoph from Bavaria, who shares my sarcastic sense of humour, Isle of Wight Sam, Hawaiian David, Chilean Sergio and more!
VL: Will you go back to Buenos Aires?
RB: Absolutely! I´m thinking of spending at least a week there before I fly back to England in July, and anyway, Christoph, who is studying in the city, has promised to cook me dinner and take me out dancing!