see the Avenida 9 de Julio....
by Ramonq
see the Avenida 9 de Julio. The world's widest street. Especially recommended is to hang around some of the great cafes around the Obelisk and watch the world go by. Bs As is Paris Down under!! Being invited to dance with a lovely lady at a tango bar. The bar was at San Telmo and it was in a working class hangout. She was gracious and very patient with me ;)
Drink "mate" at a park!
by luzmaria
Argentinians are very friendly people who value friendship quite highly. So they -we- spend many Saturday or Sundays afternoons with their -our- friends having mate at a sunny park.
If you re friendly enough to have some local invite you on such outings, you must take with you cookies or bizcochos or facturas -pastries- or alfajores (like my vt friend Mcdomanski did).
Enjoy!!!
Digital Camera with a Movie Function
by goshawk301
This belongs to a "well, duh" category, but I didn't realize how useful the MPEG movie function of my Sony digital camera was, until we went to Feria de Mataderos and I took a short movie of people folk-dancing. It captured the movement and the sound, and the atmosphere, remarkably well.
Buenos Aires seems very rich in subjects for such a movie; I wished I had captured a tango performance in Galerias Pacifico, a street musician in the San Telmo Antiques Fair....
Of course, a full-fledged video camera would be able to capture more, but a still camera would be more discreet (hence less noticeable by theives, etc.) and versatile.
I have downloaded that movie but haven't erased it from my camera. I play it from time to time on my camera for memories!
Banco Frances-Optician building
by Dabs
You'll have to enlarge the picture to see why I've included this as a tip, I loved the detail on this 1920s building that once was home to an optician. The detail includes bronze eyeglasses and beautiful maidens
This was stop #7 on the Calle Florida walk listed in Frommers, located on Calle Florida between Sarmiento and Tte. Gral. JD Peron.
Small gifts and trinkets for those back home
by Gypsystravels about Calle Florida (Florida street)
A few years ago I stopped buying these small trinkets for loved ones back home, but I do usually buy a t-shirt for Leo and a small jewelry box for Kristara as well as a fridge magnet for myself.
I searched high and low looking for the jewelry box and finally found a really nice one at a shop here on Florida Street. I'm not sure the name of the shop, but it was in a small shopping center like street.
I picked up the jewelry box pictured below for about $10 pesos. The box is made of leather with tango dancers and Argentina on the cover. A leather jewelry box for about $10 pesos. Quite reasonable, I paid $10 pesos for the jewelry box.