I can't believe I've come to Buenos Aires without ever watching Evita.
Determined to make up for this, Ian and I visit her grave, and the place she died, and the balcony where she made her famous speech (at the Casa Rosada, pictured), and the Eva Peron museum. Getting this close to the real thing sure beats seeing Madonna singing Andrew Lloyd Webber.
It's difficult to overestimate how much Evita means to this country. A comparison could be made with Princess Diana, although Eva Peron - despite never being a minister - had her hands on the levers of power. Like Diana, she died very young, aged 33.
THING I DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE TODAY:
Buenos Aires has the highest proportion of psychiatrists in the world
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