We had wanted to visit the 32-meter wide, mechanical, aluminum and steel sculpture in United Nations Plaza. It was a gift to the city by the Argentine architect Eduardo Catalano in 2002. The 18-ton flower automatically opens its six pedals each morning and closes them at night using sensors and electrical components. (It will also close if conditions are too windy in order to prevent damage.)
We took the subway as this was at the end of Line H. After seeing it, we walked back one stop through Plaza Mitre. That was a rather nice neighbourhood. Whenever I travel, beginning with my first overseas adventures in the 1980s, I almost always picture myself living in a newly-discovered area. This trip to Buenos Aires, although so many years later, is no exception. I will probably stop now and Google real estate prices in Recoleta.
We got back on the subway at the Las Heras station at Plaza Teniente General Emilio Mitre. Then we switched back to Line A as which brings us right past the Argentian Congress and to the stop outside our building.