What the first ladies of the G20 did before the leaders summit | Class

The drizzle that fell in Buenos Aires during the previous G20 leaders' summit did not affect the projects of the delegations already present in the country to participate in the meeting tomorrow. Even with a relaxed agenda, the leaders, the first ladies and the comitivas turned to the cultural activities offered by the city.

The most active was the French president Emmanuel Macron, which started the day early in the El Ateneo Grand Splendid bookstore, once a cinema turned into a book temple. There, he shared a coffee with young Argentinean writers, took copies and examined others, like a book of photographs by artist Sara Facio. The visit was recorded on the Instagram account of Eliseo Palace.

Macron has been recognized as a disciple of the literature of Jorge Luis Borges. This is why he then went to the foundation that bears the name of the writer led by his last partner, María Kodama. There he was joined by his wife, Brigitte Macron

Then, before entering the Casa Rosada where he met with Mauricio Macri, he crossed the Plaza de Mayo and visited the Cathedral of Buenos Aires with the National Secretary for Culture, Pablo Avelluto, President of the National Commission of Monuments, and Teresa Anchorena, property of historical heritage, and the adviser of cooperation and cultural action of the French Embbady in Argentina, Yann Lorvo.

While his wife was receiving a guided tour of Casa Rosada donated by Juliana Awada. At the break of the staircase of France, is a French goblin, gift from the French Republic to Argentina on the occasion of the centenary of this country in 1916 and recently restored in this country.

For her part, the First Lady of Turkey, Emine ErdoğanHe arrived in the country in the middle of the morning and visited the Evita Museum in the Palermo district in the afternoon. There, he received a guided tour of the venue's specialists and left a thank you message in the gold book.

"I am very happy to visit the Evita museum dedicated to the fierce fight of Eva Perón, symbol of Argentina where I am at the G20," he wrote.

Meanwhile, South Korean President Moon Jae-In and his wife Kim Jung-sook visited Memory Park Park with human rights secretary Claudio Avruj.

On the other side of the city, a few meters from Caminito, a delegation from the US Embbady and State Department spokesman, Heather Nauert, visited the Benito Quinquela Martín Museum, dedicated to the work of the emblematic artist of La Boca.

They were received by the director of the institution, Víctor Fernández, who worked where he lived and where he had his studio, Quinquela Martín.

Journal of the wife

The wives and husbands of the leaders of the countries that make up the G20 will lead, between Friday and Saturday, a special program of activities under the direction of Juliana Awada.

It is planned to visit in San Isidro the Villa Ocampo, the summer residence that belonged to Victoria Ocampo. The next day they will visit, along with the First Lady of Argentina, the permanent collection of Argentinean and Latin American Malba paintings.