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We are serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Buenos Aires, Argentina and work with the Perpetual Education Fund and Welfare. We are priviledged to work with wonderful people are here to serve.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

La Plata, Argentina, March 20, 2011

Since March 19 and 20 were holidays in Argentina, we decided to see another part of Argentina and went 1 hour south to the city of La Plata, which is the capital of the province of Buenos Aires.  This cathedral is the main attraction and was built about 100 years ago.  We couldn't go inside the chapel because it was closed, but we did take the elevator up to the top of the tower on the left.  The tower on the right hold 26 bells that are computerized to ring 4 times a day.
We brought Sisters Blanchette and Anderson with us from Buenos Aires and ran into  2 sister missionaries from the area who were there to see the cathedral.  What a wonderful coinsidence.  One sister is from Quilmes, Argentina and the other is from Alpine, Utah.  We had a nice time together and took them to lunch in the restaurant, "The Ritz" that is at the museum. 

The twelve apostle guard the entrance to the cathedral. 
The view from the top of the tower.  The white building is a government one and there is a big paper mache man in front of the main door.  The La Plata River is behind the city on the horizon.

Eating the good food at the Ritz.

1 comment:

Lynette said...

The cathedral is beautiful. Hope you enjoyed the Ritz!