Buenos Aires was an interesting experience. It´s a huge city with lots of diversity. I was lucky enough to stay in the beautiful Palermo region - very green.
Probably my favorite part of the trip was that on Thursday I got to march around the Plaza de Mayo with the Mothers of the disappeared. I talked with real three really cool people. One was a man who belongs to a group of port workers that supports the Mothers group. He told me a lot... We talked practically the whole half hour that we were walking in circles around the plaza behind these little old women carrying a banner in the front. One woman told me that her husband disappeared shortly after the coup de etát in 1976, when she had two kids already and was pregnant with another. He was just a factory worker, not a political militant or anything.
I got to meet the founder of the organization as well. She is 86 years old. Her daughter disappeared and had a baby in the concentration camp. The poor woman is still searching for her granddaughter.
The mothers of the disappeared have met at the Plaza de Mayo every Thursday at 3:30pm for 34 years... since the coup de etat in 1976. They have such determination and courage. I feel very blessed to have had the experience of meeting them.
Later Thursday night we went to La Boca, an artsy area with really colorful houses. There we watched a fun low-key tango show at a bar. Each of us 6 girls even got invited up to the stage to dance! It was silly and fun. :)
Until next time!
Love to all,
Shannon
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