Buenos Aires. Firstly it's big. Actually it's bloody huge. I had no idea that it was so big - big big BIGGER - but it became clear quickly.
I opened my Golden Map and decided to walk downtown. I took an easy route - several blocks from the Orangeness is one of the city's main throughfares, Avenida Corrientes. I walked and I walked and I walked. On and on and on I went. It was hot (apparently autumn is usually cool but this year 'we're' having a heatwave. It might just have been me but I was happy. Sunshine, sandals and blue skies - what's yer problem) and incredibly NOISY and never-ending.
Avenida Corrientes is like Broadway I decided. Slashing through the city with tall buildings. theatres and cinemas. Only it's a helluva lot longer than Broadway. I finally staggered to its end. And then there's a really big road - the widest in the world, apparently: Avenida de Mayo which runs along the southside of Buenos Aires and has, at its heart, the large obelisk which is the mental centre of the city. When an Argentine national or local football team wins everyone converges at the Obelisk to celebrate. God knows how many lanes Av Mayo has but there are lots. I started to feel that I was in Mexico City which has a lot of huge roads in it too.
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