Blogs from Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 2

Soccer, Tango and Vibrant Street Culture On our first four days in Buenos Aires we laid pretty low. The twenty five hour flight left us jet lagged and in need of rest, as the pre trip preparations had us exhausted even before we departed. But on day five we began our explorations. And this city is so beautiful, the people so kind and accommodating, and the culture and history so rich, that we soon compiled a long list of things to do while here, and immediately started the process of checking the boxes. Our first venture out of the apartment and into the big city of two million plus was to La Boca, an area of the city known for its large and colorful murals, tango street culture, and most significantly, its being home to one ... read more

It’s been over 48 hours since I wrote a blog post but it feels like 4 or 5 days. We are on the ship. I will back-up and tell everything we’ve went through to get here. It’s A LOT. For starters, let’s back-up to the night we spent in Miami because Kamie has a funny tale to tell… he was outside smoking and the hotel airport shuttle drove-up and the driver proceeded to back into a lady’s car. The driver pulled-up and stayed in the shuttle van… she came outside… he still didn’t get out..… so Kamie told on him! The shuttle driver denied it! There was a shouting matching in Spanish between the shuttle bus driver and the lady (everyone in this area of Miami speaks Spanish as their primary language). She didn’t have too ... read more

Start as you intend to continue they say…so we have kicked off the eating and drinking with a food walking tour of Buenos Aires…to get the body moving and some sun after hours being cooped up in airports and planes. Arrived yesterday with a couple of zombie children but successfully found one lost suitcase and navigated unfortunate gravitational pull on Apple juice and the disastrous effects of lack of sleep on a moody teen. Checked in to our apartment, managed some dinner and stayed awake until almost bed time. A bit of a wander around our neighbourhood before heading to Plaza de Mayo for the start of our food tour. Sandwiches, pizza, empanadas, meat (of course!) followed by ice cream and coffee filled our bellies and gave us a good stroll around the city. Hopefully tomorrow ... read more

Having been to the six major continents there is only one more to add. Antarctica!!! A year ago I saw a great deal on Trip A Deal to join a trip on the Norwegian shipping line, Hurtigruten, to Antarctica at half the price usually charged. Fletcher and I couldn't resist. Now we are on the voyage south, having left Adelaide yesterday for the long, four stage plane trip to Argentina to start our journey. We were up at 3-30am and left home about 4. I had prebooked our car into the long-term car park at the Adelaide airport so we did not have to rely on taxis. At the airport the QR code didn't work but we had a contact number and were soon let in and parked. The check-in and security was made simpler with ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Hier au soir j'ai donc fait la connaissance physiquement d'Agustina. Nous sommes allés prendre un verre dans ce que j'appellerais une bodéga. Je pense qu'elle va lire ces lignes, je vais soigner ma syntaxe, tout en restant très sincère. Jolie fille de 29 ans, uruguayenne de naissance, avec des parents et je crois aussi grands parents prof de français à Montevideo, ceci expliquant le pourquoi d'une telle maitrise de notre langue parlée et écrite. La première qualité qui m'a frappé dans cette rencontre, la spontanéité de sa gentillesse, et la deuxième son efficacité professionnelle, quand on le lui remarqué, sa réponse "je ne fais que mon travail". Le genre de personne que tout patron voudrait avoir dans son équipe. D'ailleurs cet après midi elle s'est chargée de mon enregistrement de mon vol de ... read more