The line of people can be seen as soon as the car takes the last curve off Puente Pueyrredón, right on the limit between Buenos Aires City and its neighboring district, Avellaneda.
Among the crowd are flags bearing the insignia of Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota and other Argentine rock bands. As they walk along, passing motorists and bus drivers sound their horns, an acknowledgment of a quest that is just beginning.
The people trudging along were Carlos Indio Solari fans standing in line to pay their final respects to the rock icon who passed away last Friday.
The line would eventually enter the viewing room with the casket at the Polideportivo José María Gatica, the sports stadium Solari’s family picked as the venue to host the public wake.
Patience, however, would be of the essence. It would take them over 4 hours to cover the more than 6 kilometers that separated them from the entrance.
