The Green City

It may have taken me a week to fully realize it, but I have come to this conclusion: Buenos Aires is an astonishingly beautiful city. It pains me to admit it, but it is far more beautiful than Chiang Mai, a place I have grown to love. This beauty is not of the geographical type. There are no great landforms surrounding the city, none of the awe inspiring mountains of Vancouver or volcanos of Antigua, Guatemela. It is the different features within the city itself that truly make it special. There are endless green spaces, one can never walk for more than 10 minutes without finding a place to take comfort under a generous canopy. These parks often contain historical statues or works of sculpture. You can even walk on most of the grassy lawns unlike in China! The architecture is classic, very European in some respects but with a certain flavor of its own. The traffic is not bad at all and for a pedestrian, navagating the city is easy. I will not go on, but if you do ever get a chance, spend a week or two here, it is a special place.