On the rare rainy day in Buenos Aires, we will go cultural and visit one of the city's many museums and art galleries. The paintings to the left are from a quartet of Argentine artists prominent in the Nueva Figaracion, a Spanish expressionist art movement in the 1960s - an exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes which also has a permanent collection of old and modern masters, from Rembrandt to Renoir. 
MALBA is the ultra-modern glass and concrete building dedicated to 20th century Latin American art - my favourite painting there was Abaporu (above right), by Brazilian artist Tarsila do Amaral, apparently the most expensive Brazilian painting in the world, worth 1.5 million dollars. Even the huge luxury shopping complex, Galerias Pacifico, houses an art gallery, the Centro Cultural Borges, named after Argentine literary giant, Jorge Luis Borges. I loved these surreal pictures by London-based Dutch painter Madelon Vriesendorp.
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| Self Immolation - 1994 |
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| The Ecstasy of Mrs Caligari - 1973 |
Another surreal sight was coming across this nearly two foot long lizard, as we strolled through the Reserva Ecologica,
a network of paths through marshes and grasslands along the river, moments away from the skyscrapers of the city.
And I discovered an interesting water formation on the Rio Plate...
(Pete's note: Glenda is still struggling with the 'panorama' effect on our camera)
