EVITA RIP

I have always enjoyed visiting cemeteries in a key city, and Buenos Aires is no exception. One can get a whiff of history walking around grave yards and family mausoleums, and in this town who would be more prevalent than Duarte Eva Peron ... affectionately known as Evita.

This cemetery is easy to find, just off Avenida Alvear, a stone throw away from our hotel, next to the whitewashed church. Not surprisingly the Duarte family tomb is the most visited, for good reasons. Evita may have died 62 years ago at the tender age of 32 but she has casted a long shadow in Argentinian history. It does not matter which side of the politics one is on, the fact is one can still see bits and pieces of her here ... Eva Peron Plaza, Evita Museum ... as though she is still around. Imagine how she dominated the arena and taken the country by storm, a young woman in her twenties? Andrew Lloyd Weber created the time honored Broadway classic which Madonna & Antonio Bandedas brought to new heights, music I still play frequently when I am behind the wheels.

As 'Don't cry for me Argentina' lives on, so does Eva Peron!