Buenos Aires Travel Blogs - Page 13

We arrived in Buenos Aires tired but our hostel receptionist insisted that we must visit the antiques fair in San Telmo.  So we took her advise and walked the 30mins to the market.  We were so pleased we had listened to her once we saw it.  It was set amongst cobbled lanes.  The…

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traveling along the years

Perhaps the only major exception to this "speed-walking" norm is that of the Elderly, and those who are walking with elderly. The Elderly in Buenos Aires walk the streets in surprising numbers, somthing else that i´ve not noticed in other cities. As they walk the city, they do it at their own indi…

I invite everyone who speaks spanish to visit my latest blog about my trip in Patagonia dutring the last Jan-Feb 207. I did all the 8892kms in my car, with a tent and a sleeping bag.  Everything to know: pleaces, pictures, videos, travel stories, culture, sights and adventures... http://www.…

The first day I arrived in Buenos Aires, I was invite to join a group living in the room next to me in a daily mate session. A circle was form around the room and hot water was poured into the strange looking container filled with what seemed to be ground leaves. Each person would take his or her t…

Of all the things that Buenos Aires has impressed me with, its politics probably stand out the most. Today Portenos go to the polls to elect their city mayor, a highly coveted title seen as a spring board to the presidency. The two candidates, Mauricio Macri and Daniel Filmus have been hitting the …

If you go to BsAs, you should drop in to the Bar Paulin at Corrientes 638 for a quick lunch. A real "local" place, just a tiny hole in a wall place, but the most amazing service you'll ever see anywhere. These guys are so fast they will make your head spin. Don't try and catch the plates as they sk…

This is a collection of photos taken during previous travels.

        I love food. I honestly really do enjoy eating up a storm. Some of my best memories have involved food. Consequently, I am in a state of heaven in Buenos Aires. The food here is wonderful but it is lacking something that I love- SPICE!    …

Buenos Aires is one of the liveliest, most fun cities I have ever visited. It really is a place to remember. Spend at least a week here....a month if you have the time! Today we went to a Boca Juniors game - incredible atmosphere. The Boca v River Plate derbys are meant to be the best ever, but an…

This is the place for tango!B.A.is a very large city,but sights are within the compact downtown area.Then,you'll dine very well in B.A. whether you eat meat or not!

I spent this week following the political election in Buenos Aires. The runoff system for local elections aresimilar to those in the United States.  Since voting is mandatory in Argentina, all stores, restaurants and bars do not sell alcohol after 8PM the night before an election.  I spok…

BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA 2003/2004 ¤ I traveled the 27th of december 2003.¤ I was there almost a month.¤ I traveled to a village with CISV¤ I traveled with two boys, a girl and a leader, no parents¤ We traveled from norway to germany, from germany to USA and from USA to Argentina.¤ People in …

Written by: John Winn, Phil Gadomski, and Rachel Benkeser As with all democracies in Latin America in the twenty first century, Argentina was democratically born as a presidential system in 1880 and experienced roughly fifty years of political instability and military rule during the mid-twentiet…