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Me and Eva Peron, just chilling
(Okay, so it’s a totally cliché title. Don’t hate!)
We’re taking a short break from the West Coast road trip to talk about something different for a moment: Argentina. I’m there for the first time ever and having one of the best trips. Not that I needed to get away from L.A. weather, which has been awesome. But sometimes a SoCal girl's just gotta head East... and further South. I spent my Tuesday flying pretty much all day courtesy of an American Airlines flight from L.A. to Miami, then Miami to Buenos Aires. From there it was off to my hotel to freshen up quickly, and then it was all about Museo Evita.
Love her or hate her, you can’t deny that Eva Peron made a huge impact on Argentina. And while I’ll admit that most of what I knew came courtesy of Andrew Lloyd Weber and Madonna, I knew enough to know I wanted to know more… and Museo Evita didn’t disappoint. Tracing back Eva’s history from her humble beginnings and walking you through all the way up to her death, the museum is a multimedia event with countless artifacts depicting every era of her life in addition to highlighting both her passionate supporters and biggest detractors.
Among some of the interesting artifacts the museum has… film of Eva’s days as an actress, including one film that was never shown because it was thought to be distasteful considering her new standing as Peron’s wife (even though the film basically psychically mirrored what her life with Peron would become.) Covers from magazines she appeared on. Newspaper clippings showing her ascent (and descent.) Clothing she wore for various famous meetings and speeches. And, naturally, footage of some of her more famous and moving speeches, in addition to footage of her funeral. And that’s just scratching the surface.
The museum gets new material almost every day from people who have hung on to artifacts from that era (the day that I visited, they had just received a fridge. Seriously!) And while it’s certainly not the only thing to see in Buenos Aires, certainly no trip here is complete without a visit to Museo Evita.
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