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The trip so far…
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 15 December 2009
Well, it´s been about a week since my parents came into Argentina. We spent most of our time walking around Buenos Aires and eating as often as possible. Lunches, dinners, breakfast, you name it, we ate it. The highlight was definitely on Thursday night, when we had our nice meal, relishing in the quality only [...]
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Waiting in BA…
Blog: Documentariously Challenged - 9 December 2009
Here we are, finally, in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Who remembers our initial plans in the fall of 2008 of heading up to Canada for a few weeks in the Boundary Waters? The Hinken Pool betting how long we would make it in the bitter winter cold? We had even planned out how [...]
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The Importance of Hooking Up Abroad
Blog: GoBackpacking - 16 November 2009
Hooking up removes a wall and opens a door. (photo: Jon Rawlinson)Buy travel insurance from Worldnomads.com (Lonely Planet's preferred carrier)
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The San Telmo Antiques Fair
Blog: Brilliant Tips Travel Blog - 3 November 2009
Known for its bohemian charm and historic appeal, the quaint and funky Buenos Aires barrio of San Telmo is full of energy every day. However, on Sundays, it truly comes to life. Every Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm, the Plaza Dorrego is home to the San Telmo Antiques Fair. To call this an antiques fair, or market, really doesn’t speak to what this event is. As you walk along the cobblestone streets among the antique sales, tango dancers perform and provide entertainment for the crowd and, once ...
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Buenos Dias Buenos Aires
Blog: Away Together - 8 October 2009
We are really here, living abroad in an apartment in a foreign-speaking country. It’s the morning of our third day, and I’m still getting used to the concept that this is not a vacation, this is not a transition in preparation for something else — this is it!
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Buenos Aires: Where's the Beef?
Blog: The Silent I - 3 October 2009
February 3, 2004 One of the things Argentina is famous for (besides Eva Peron) is the incredible beef. We had read about the steakhouses in Buenos Aires, and being big time carnivores, we couldn't let a day in Buenos Aires...
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Argentina: Star Quality in Buenos Aires
Blog: The Silent I - 1 October 2009
Casa Rosada or The Pink Palace, in Buenos Aires, Argentina February 3, 2004 After our amazing stay in Iguazu Falls, it was time to explore another part of Argentina. After an early morning flight from Puerto Iguazu, we checked into...
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 31 August 2009
We're not sure if it was the food, the beautiful buildings, or the extremely favorable exchange rate, but we immediately fell in love with Buenos Aires. The city is made up of distinct neighborhoods, each with its own character, in a way that reminded us of Boston. Bohemian Palermo Viejo is filled with chic clothing boutiques and outdoor restaurants. San Telmo has a very European feel with its cobblestone streets, colonial architecture, and central plaza that hosts a massive flea market every Sunday.
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¨Don´t cry for me...
Blog: Felicity Sees... - 24 August 2009
...Ar-gen-teeeeeee-na¨Evita. Eva Peron. Wife of former president Juan Peron and an infamous Argentinian much loved by her country for her charity work and her support of women's rights. Even in death, Evita still has something of a celebrity status, and to find out a bit more about this interesting figure I went to a museum that is entirely devoted to her life and times. It even had english translations!, a timeline of her life, and displays of a few of her outfits. I guess she is to Argentina what Princess Di was to Britain.
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La Exposición Rural in Buenos Aires
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 24 August 2009
What do Belgium and Argentina have in common, besides an affinity for eating fries with mayonnaise? Cows! Yup, we’re back from our big Ardennes getaway…and the first thing that came to mind as we drove through field after field of brown cows, white cows, black cows, gray cows, black and white cows….. was La Exposición Rural [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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13: "Party: Part 1"
Blog: Dispatches from the Provinces of Argentina - 23 August 2009
Saturday morning the doorbell rang at 8. It was Pablo, from Buenos Aires. He’d come to work at the Howard Johnson and wanted to shower and leave his bags at our house.
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A culinary tale
Blog: Felicity Sees... - 22 August 2009
From one national obsession to another, let me tell you a bit about Argentinians and their eating habits, which can appear a little bizarre.First of all, the timing for dining in Argentina is so late. Most restaurants are empty until at least 9 o´clock, and even at 11 you´ll see queues at the door to some places waiting to get a feed. Somehow though, this seems to work ok, and I seem to have adjusted to eating quite late relatively easily... although midnight after the soccer was potentially pushing my limits (I think my stomach was about to eat itself actually!).
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El Buen Orden in Buenos Aires
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 30 July 2009
San Telmo is the oldest barrio (neighborhood) in Buenos Aires, full of colonial brick buildings, tango halls, cafés, old churches, and a gritty, authentic feel that all reflect the area’s past as the most multicultural and bohemian neighborhood in the city. So it’s no wonder that you can find tons of small shops selling antiques [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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Feria de Mataderos in Buenos Aires
Blog: Atlas Parasite - 11 July 2009
The Feria de Mataderos is the real deal. There are other basic Sunday markets in the Buenos Aires neighborhoods of Recoleta, La Boca, and San Telmo where you can get cool jewelry, handcrafts, paintings and caricatures, etc. But the Feria de Mataderos is a real experience and worth the 45-minute bus trip from the center. Colectivo [...]Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)
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Sundays in San Telmo
Blog: velvet escape's blog - 10 June 2009
I love Buenos Aires (BA). BA is one of those unique, terribly fascinating cities that one stumbles upon, falls in love with and keeps coming back to. It has a buzz that’s one-of-a-kind: I’m not sure how I would describe it; maybe that’s because the buzz has so many facets: it’s sensual, raunchy, hip, [...]
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