The 75-foot tall, 18 ton Floralis Genérica, in the Plaza de las Naciones Unidas, has for 10 years stood tall among Buenos Aires’ momentous art scene.

If you wish to travel between Argentina and Uruguay, until recently you were relegated to the ferry, flying, or driving around the Rio Plata delta.

Taking the ferry to Uruguay to Montevideo or Colonia de Sacramento should also be on one’s itinerary. Coffee and sunsets pair well together.

Trains are not as prevalent as they were decades ago in Argentina, but a rail journey back in time is still possible while you are visiting Buenos Aires.

San Antonio del Areco, about a 90 minute drive from B.A., is more than a place to play with the gauchos. Rustic architecture makes for a worthy visit.

One building setting the standard for green building in Argentina is the Madero Office, a 26-story office tower in Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires’ new redeveloped neighborhood that hugs the city’s waterfront.

If dog walking were an Olympic sport, the paseadores de perros would make Argentines guaranteed quadrennial goal medal winners. They are not to be missed.

Any neighborhood with a history of rabble-rousing, including a declaration of independence from Argentina after a strike in the 1880s, is worth its weight in chutzpah. Welcome to La Boca.