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Henrietta Polanzak dropped on Buenos Aires. It was a big deal.

The woman is pictured here before the obelisk that stands in honor of Argentine Independence from Spain. It is indeed the first place where the Flag of Argentina was raised in declaration of its sovereignty. It was the first place Henrietta demanded to be taken. Alle and I walked her down The great Avenue Cerito. We admired the momument. From a distance, the thing seemed to stand a mile high. As we neared, Alle commented, correctly, “Doesn’t it seem to be shrinking?” Then, when we were mere feet from the structure, she commented, correctly, “This thing’s like forty feet tall. What the fuck?” Henrietta, though, was inspired and demanded to be taken other points of interest. We did so.

We headed for the “Pink Houae,” which is the ornamental house of the President of Argentina, althpugh the President lives miles away from Buenos Aires is helicoptered in to this house to conduct political businesses. But on the way we marveled at the Time’s Squarish / Picadilly Squarish-Ness of the surrounding area in Buenos, complete with screens the size of cinema screens displaying animations for advertisements. It is a big, commercial, mess around there.

Henrietta noted all of this and pushed on.