Blogs from Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 22

Hi, I'm little Palmy and I'm going to tell you a little about Argentina everyday. I've been living in Argentina for the past three years and before that I lived in the USA for 11 years. As an American, you wouldn't believe your eyes right when you come to Argentina. The first thing you'll notice hen you arrive in the airport is the customs line. Sometimes it will take you 1 hour to get through customs or it could take you 5 hours. You might think this is crazy, but that's not even the worst of it. After you get through customs you go through a door to get your luggage. After that you have to stand in a line that wraps around the airport twice just to get to the line that takes you outside. ... read more

So time is flying past here in B.A. It seems like only yesterday that we arrived, and here we are with only 5 weeks left before we travel back to Dublin. Needless to say, we have been trying to make the most of our time here in and take in as many sights and experiences as possible that we haven't yet already done. It's quite easy to be relaxed and laid back about travelling round when you have 4 months to see a city, but time really does fly past when your on holidays and so I want to make sure I know this place inside out before I leave. Taking to my guidebook for advice, I find that I have seen almost all of what there is to see in Buenos Aires and am already ... read more

Well, here I am in Buenos Aires for the second time, at the start of my third trip to South America, and much seems changed during the intervening two years. Again I have to issue the warning that the truth will only be included where I consider it amusing enough. The first thing I noticed was that two fearless young men had captured two flying saucers (unidentified flying objects) and were trying to communicate with the occupants by rhythmic tapping on the outside surface . The spaceships were smaller than I imagined they would be, but I suppose you should keep an open mind where extraterrestrials are concerned. I eventually got bored with waiting for the aliens to appear and moved on. The traffic situation here seems to be appalling with no respect shown to pedestrians ... read more

Sunday, December 15th--Buenos Aires, Argentina on the River Plata Clear blue skies. Buenos Aires and Montevideo are both located on the River Plata which is 180 miles long and goes from over a mile wide at its confluence of two rivers to a 140 miles wide at its mouth. It is the widest river in the world (if you consider it a river and not a bay off the Atlantic Ocean as some do). It is fairly shallow so the ships must sail in a narrow channel marked by buoys. When we left this port we were pushed out by tugs for quite some time. For both Valerie and I, the country of Argentina is equated with the culture of the Gauchos on the vast Pampas. We think we must have used the same elementary textbook ... read more

jetzt beni scho fast drüehalb woche onterwägs. esch scho es ziitli, abr es got no es ziitli besi wedr heichom. und wenn die nöchste woche e so werded wie die letschte drüü, denn, boah, hammer!! me gusta buenos aires. viva la vida. und so. ? nei sesch wörkli super. es gfallt mer emmer no, dschuel esch recht sträng, met 6-7 stonde pro tag, abr ech fend so för 2 woche spanisch chani scho huere guet spanisch. ech ben smu sälber mängisch erstuunt wenni mi so rede ghöre... oder andere zuelose und alles verstand was säged. und je länger ech do ben desto meh werdi zomene chliine porteño. seit amu mini gastmuetter wenni wedr mol erst am 6i, oder wie einisch erst am 9i am morge heichom. dstadt gfallt mer abr au wells do eifach super lüüt ... read more