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Tango Buenos Aires
36 Reviews Everywhere you go in Buenos Aires there is someone performing Tango on the street. Crowds gather, the music play, the dancers put on their show in full dance regalia...... If you stop to watch; then...
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Taste mate Buenos Aires
21 Reviews Hola Napa :o) You can find a good "Mate Cup" anywhere in Buenos aires...even in the Supermarket. They are made in several different material. Wood, Calabaza (which is NOT plastic, Plata...there are...
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Kisses Buenos Aires
8 Reviews Five hours down the coast from Buenos Aires, lies the laid back beach resort of Pinamar. We went for the weekend to see what it had it offer and because this is high summer season, it was busy,busy,...
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Dog walkers = Paseadores de perros Buenos Aires
17 Reviews In almost every area where there is a park near by you will find these talented dog walkers. How do they manage to walk more than 6 dogs at a time amazed me. During a walk along the Botanical...
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Personal experiencies with Argentinians Buenos Aires
16 Reviews First, let me say that we meet Adalina twice. Once in Cementerio de la Recoleta and the other time at the Jardin Botanico. We were walking around the cementary when Ferni and I said we wondered if...
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Regarding Food Buenos Aires
23 Reviews Argentine empanadas can be baked or fried depending on the occasion or cook. It is more common in the city to have a baked empanada. They are dough that is filled with filling and folded over into a...
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Pesos, Argentinian currency Buenos Aires
5 Reviews Small bills and change are hard to come by in Buenos Aires so when you are given change make sure to hold on to it as you will need it to pay for small items like the collectivos, cabs, tips and...
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Gauchos / Folklore Buenos Aires
6 Reviews If you like horse riding, you come to Argentina and you have the time, this might be an unique opportunity to ride in the Andes in the Northwest of Argentina...! We are befriended with gauchos in the...
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Language Buenos Aires
7 Reviews Spanish is the native language in Buenos Aires (and all of Argentina) and we found it quite easy to communicate with the locals as we both speak very good Spanish. The Argentinians where quite...
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Wines Buenos Aires
6 Reviews For those who love wine (me!) Buenos Aires (Argentina in general) has a wonderful selection of fantatic wines. There are many "Bodegues" which are wineries here in Argentina producing some of the best...
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Quilmes Buenos Aires
4 Reviews Quilmes is the local beer and you will find that no matter where you go, you can order a Quilmes. I particularly don't care too much for beer (except for Leffe Blondes and an occassional pale ale),...
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Protests Buenos Aires
17 Reviews piqueteros? that's how we call the people who protest on the streets. List of the most common places where there are protest: - Plaza de Mayo - The historical square, protest are mainly located in...
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In Argentina, the streets of the towns/cities are organised in quadras : they cross each other perpendiculary, forming a square housing scheme called "quadra" : each quadra represent 100 meters = 100 numbers (even if there are less houses). So it is easy to locate a place by counting the number of quadras!Most streets are in one direction! So when circulating in car, you have to know which street is in which direction (often is one on two)
An alfajor is a classic Argentinean cake using dulce de leche. I loved it and ate them as dessert or for the tea-time!I will look for similar thing in Belgium but I am not sure to find as good as this one!! Maybe should I try the recipe I found on Internet :1 1/2 teaspoons butter, softened 1 1/2 cups flour 6 eggs, yolks and whites divided 1 tablespoon anise liquor 6 tablespoons sugar Dulce de leche to taste Preheat oven to 425°F. Blend butter, flour, egg yolks, and anise into a dough.Divide dough into 6 balls and flatten each to make a thin dough disk. Cook separated on a buttered cookie pan in a hot oven.Cover one disk with as much dulce de leche as you want and put one on top of the other with dulce de leche between each one to make a tall cake.Cover completely with a meringue made with the egg whites and sugar whipped into a firm foam. Put into a preheated 425° F oven to just slightly...
TANGO EN BUENOS AIRESLas milongas de Buenos Aires son los mejores lugares para bailar y ver tango. La mayoría son gratuitas o cobran entradas que oscilan entre $2 y $5. Les ofrecemos una lista con las más conocidas, ordenadas por barrio.AlmagroLA CATEDRAL Sarmiento 4006 timbre 515 5325-1630Milonga: viernes a las 23hs Cómo llegar: colectivos 168-92-151-160-36Subte A estación Castro Barros y Subte B estación Medrano SALON BELGRANO Belgrano 39654983-3935Milonga: viernes a las 20:30hs., sábados a las 22hs., domingos a las 19hs. Cómo llegar: colectivos 103-26-2-86-132-5 Barrio NorteAFICHEMarcelo T. de Alvear 21994822-8979 Milonga: sábados a las 22 hs., jueves y viernes (cena-show) a las 22hs. Cómo llegar: colectivos 10-12-37-60-61-68-95-101-108-109-111-132-124-150-152Subte D estación Facultad de Medicina BelgranoMILONGA EN LA GLORIETA (al aire libre)11 de Septiembre entre Sucre y...
The pink building has been the scene of many a political rally, particularly during the regime of the notorious and tragic Juan and Eva Peron. The Italian style building, fronted with palm trees and fountains, was painted pink when it was converted from a Customs and Post Office building into the presidential palace. President Sarmiento decided to appease opposing political parties by merging red and white into a pink colour-scheme for the palace. Today the building houses a small basement museum displaying some presidential artefacts. Each evening a small platoon of mounted grenadiers emerge from the guardhouse to lower the flag on the Plaza, adding a touch of pomp and ceremony to the pretty building.
This working class area, originally populated by Italian dock workers, has bloomed into a colorful center of art, restaurants and the colorful metal houses which present a refreshing change from the rest of the city. The colors come from the brightly painted houses on the Caminito a pedestrian walk named for the tango of the same name and the waters of the Riachuelo stained by oil sludges.
The people of Buenos Aires who refer to themselves as porteños, or port people, relish their ties to Europe, flaunt their creative energy, delight in culture, fashion and food and share a traditional melancholy for things past.
The birth of tango took place towards mid-19th century, with the formation of dwelling conglomerates around the young city of Buenos Aires. Those who lived there, peasants from inland, European immigrants and some disadvantaged porteños (born in Buenos Aires) made up a new social class. Perhaps as a way of identifying themselves as a group and of feeling they belonged in their new home, they began to create cultural expressions derived from this mixture. This was the start of tango, characterized by its extremely closed codes, which were only accessible to the working classes.
yes, it took a little while to get used to this one!If an Argentine man knows you or is trying to treat you with respect he will kiss you on the cheek and apply a small hug. This is done openly in public and especially when you are invited to someones home. So don't be shocked.
Every once in a while in Buenos Aires you are reminded forcefully that you are in a Third World country and that the time of political dictatorships is not a distant memory here. Everyone in Argentina is very involved in politics and is ready and willing to discuss it with you, something that is not nearly as common in the United States. One way this strong political interest is expressed is through ´manifestaciones´, or protests in front of government buildings. I went to a huge protest in Plaza de Mayo, outside the Casa Rosada (the President´s home) one day in March and watched with interest as hundreds of people walked around with protest flags (protesting everything from foreign wars to local salaries), marched in parades, and patrolled the streets with sticks and masks. There was definitely an element of tension and fear for me, especially seeing people in masks armed with sticks....
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The Glu Hotel Buenos Aires
1 Review and 223 Opinions I was snookered by the website and photos. The hotel is not what is seems. Its located in Palermo,...
Huentala Hotel Boutique Mendoza
4 Reviews and 134 Opinions This is a good hotel, clean, friendly and well located. Staff are helpful.
Tierra de Leyendas Ushuaia
6 Reviews and 250 Opinions Have to give this place 5*s. lovely accomadation, great hosts that really look after you. A short...
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Q: hey guys i'll be in BsAs from 15th of december until end of january. sadly i don't have really time to travel around, only 4...
A: Only one night in Ushuaia! You're joking! All that way! There is so much to see on both land and water. I suggest that you look at the travel guides section of VT as...
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