A Day Exploring Buenos Aires

I took the kids to a new park, so come along with us while we explore the city! We went all the way to the Recoleta neighborhood (which is not at all close to where we live) to the Plaza de Republica de Chile, to the park and then I was able to do some exploring on my own later on.

A Day Exploring Buenos Aires | The Recoleta Playground

This park has been on my list of places I wanted to take the kids for a while now and it was so worth it! This park is so cute. I think it's meant to look like Patagonia/the Andes Mountains. The play structure was huge. I was able to climb and chase the kids through it easily. We went down slides together and I was able to climb all the way up to the top with the kids. It's definitely worth the trek even if you're not close by. There is a giant metal slide on one side that the kids loved. Baby brother climbed it over and over again. He got about halfway up on his own and then came to get me to help him climb the rest of the way. I eventually got him to connect going around and then getting to the top of the slide, but we had so much fun going down. We didn't get to stay nearly as long as we wanted to because we needed to get home to meet our Spanish tutor for our weekly Spanish lesson but we loved every second of it.

I absolutely loved the Recoleta neighborhood. This is my first time there and we will definitely be going back. We still need to go to the cemetery and the market there. I love the flowers all over the city. While on this little adventure, we took a different train than normal home. This is one of the Mitre trains on the Belgrano Norte line. I rode trains like this when I was a kid, but this was very new for my daughter and she absolutely loved it. The baby fell asleep on the train and slept for a little while while we walked home. We had our Spanish lesson and lunch settled in for a calm afternoon after a busy morning.

A Day Exploring Buenos Aires | A Solo Stroll

My husband got off work early so I was able to go on a little solo outing in the evening to enjoy some kid-free time. I like taking the train when I'm out by myself. It's just a fun way for me to explore, and I get to do things like a local. I went to the San Telmo neighborhood, which is really close to Plaza de Mayo and all of the federal government buildings. I went into the Mercado San Telmo, which is the market in this area. It's much, much more busy during the weekend. I found a little square that had a market going on and caught the tail end of an incredible tango performance.

Then, I went to the Galeria Solar de France, which is kind of why I went to San Tomo, because I've been to the Mercado before, but I haven't been to the Solar de France. Everything I read recommended going there. I'm not sure if it was because it was late or during the week but it wasn't very busy which was super nice. It was really pretty, but I don't think I would necessarily take the kids back there.

I then stumbled upon Casa Ezeiza, which was incredible and, again, very quiet. Hardly anything was open except for the restaurants. I actually really enjoyed exploring the space with nobody else there and I got some really cool pictures.

After that, I started walking back to the subway station. It was about a 20 minute walk. I actually really enjoy these walks because I get to see more of the city this way. I ended up in Plaza de Mayo, which is where the Casa de Rosa and a few other really cool monuments are. I  even got to see the sunset with the Obelisco. I ended the night with buying a little toy for my son that reminded me of him.

Hopefully I will be back in the next couple of weeks to this area on a weekend to do some real shopping. I love this city more and more the more I get to explore it.