Week 40: Green Spaces in the City

Katie and Emily at the entrance of the Botanical Gardens

This Monday on my day off I headed into the center of Buenos Aires with Katie and Emily to visit the Botanical Garden and the Japanese Garden in the fancy and wealthy neighborhood of Palermo.  It was a beautiful fall day and we enjoyed the sunshine and the changing colors of the leaves.  Palermo has lots of green spaces and parks for the people of Buenos Aires to enjoy. 

Greenhouse in the Botanical Garden

This is one of the many cats we saw in the Botanical Garden sun bathing

The Botanical Garden had many sculptures like this one

LOTS of pretty trees!

Dog walkers, like this one, are very common in the wealthier parts of the city

After spending some time in the Botanical Garden we headed over to the Japanese Garden and enjoyed lunch at the Japanese sushi restaurant that overlooked the garden.  After eating we headed outside to the well-kept garden. 

Japanese Garden

Pretty red bridge

Us on the pretty red bridge

After the Japanese garden we headed towards the train stop that we planned to take back to my apartment.  The train stop is located by the largest Mosque in Latin America.  Every time I pass the mosque on the train I enjoy looking at it.  I finally got to go near enough to take some pictures.  

The mosque occupies an eight-acre triangle between the Jumbo superstore and the Le Parc tower where soccer star Diego Maradona and other assorted celebrities keep apartments.  This giant mosque can house up to 2,000 people in the main prayer hall.  It is a sight to see just due to its sheer size!