Monday, May 11, 2009

Cementario de la Recoleta


I've always been fascinated by cemeteries and on Saturday I wandered through the most incredible cemetery I've ever seen.

It had aisle after aisle of marble sarcophagi and there were tons of sculptures and stained glass. There were also lots of cats lounging about. They didn't seem to be afraid of the people walking around so I wondered if they were friendly. I wasn't willing to try and touch one myself, however, because they all looked


very dirty. Luckily I saw an old man stick his hand out and the cat let him pet it.

As you may imagine you have to be one of Argentina's elite to be buried here. I'll now be on the lookout for an Argentine aristocrat for the remainder of my time here because I have a new life aspiration...













2 comments:

Nathan and Whitney Tanner said...

So cool! I'm glad you found a cool cemetery!

Courtney Kay said...

Gosh I love old cemeteries and that one looks gorgeous. Good work on the frequent blog posts-- keep them coming.