La Noche de los museos.

Once a year the whole of Buenos Aires opens its doors. Museums, parks, grand houses and even Zoos were open this year from 8 in the eve until 4am. Argentines are definitely night owls so this timing suits them (perhaps even a little too early for them but I guess the early opening hours are for tourists) I was lucky enough to be around for the biggest event so far with over 300 locations open overnight with each location supplying a exhibition or activity for example tango shows, music, additional pieces or rooms which are not normally on show. I went first to the Holocaust Museum. Its a complicated history with Argentines and WW2. A number of Nazi's fled to Argentina with the help of the Red Cross including many high ranking Nazi's. The museum is a discussion on what it was like for Argentines to live, work and play with people like that in their society living undetected and essentially free citizens. Many had jobs and families and lived a good life here with the money they earnt during the war. Many were welcomed by the government at the time. With this still in the minds of the Argentines its a very interesting museum to visit. There were even survivors of the concentration camps at the museum giving talks so it was a fascinating dynamic. Later I went to Congresso. This is their parliamentary house. They vote, discuss and do all the usual things here. It was amazing to visit and to go inside. Congresso is modelled on the White house and I believe much of the inside of Congresso is similar to the white house. There is also a pink room. This is for discussions and less formal meeting and was painted pink by Eva Peron as she deemed Congresso to be too masculine. Finally on our way to the Pink House we passed a 1 month old puppy. He was super cute and we spent about half an hour holding it and playing with it. It was so sleepy and dopey and was so sweet. I was very close to running away with it!