Blogs from Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 272

Saturday. Herv and Karla depart at 22:45. Master traveller Herv has arranged a late departure from the hotel, so we have a full day ahead to SHOP! We are off to the Palermo Soho neighborhood. It is centered around the Plaza Sorrento and every radiating street holds more surprises. There is a Saturday market in operation when we arrive, so Holden and Herv head there, while Julia and I head to the boutiques. We agree to meet to have lunch at the small Hotel Bo Bo. Leather goods and clothing is of exceptional quality and very reasonably priced. For the first time, I wish I had brought an empty suitcase to fill. Reason number 43 why we have to return. ... read more

We head back to Buenos Aires for three more days of exploration, sorry not to have scored more vino tinto. We are limited to what we can carry and the vagaries of the credit card system. Another reason to return in the near future. After an easy morning by the pool at the Nuevo Hotel San Francisco, we take two taxis to the Mendoza airport for our return to Newberry Aeroparque. The taxis will carry four passengers (barely - they are what we would call compacts from Chevrolet and Peugeot ), but not luggage. But at $4 to $6 for almost any trip, it's affordable. Thursday night we head back to the Recoleta for dinner. Our first stop is really a bar and it is packed to overflowing and rumbling with music to compliment the meet ... read more

Nous avons passé près d’une semaine dans la capitale argentine sans nous ennuyer cinq minutes, et nous sommes repartis presque un peu frustrés de ne pouvoir en profiter plus, c’est sur nous reviendrons… Buenos Aires est une ville riche culturellement, beaucoup plus que Santiago, dans laquelle on sent surtout l’influence européenne. Grandes avenues, immeubles haussmaniens, parcs joliment aménagés et beaucoup de monuments. Deux influences surtout sont sensibles dans l’architecture comme dans la vie de tous les jours : la France et l’Italie ont le plus marqué cette jolie ville. Le Teatro Colon a des airs de l’opéra Garnier, et c’est normal, construit au début du XIX siècle il essaye d’imiter au maximum les ‘grands’ d’Europe. La salle est très impressionnante, et l’on n’est pas étonné d’apprendre qu’elle figure parmi les cinq ‘meilleures’ du monde. La Casa ... read more

We're off to visit with Holden and Julia as they continue their around the world adventure. Eight days in Argentina - too few, we are to learn. They are having unseasonably hot weather, we are told by every cab driver we meet. But coming from the rainy northwest to summer is a pleasure. Sundresses, shorts and flip flops.... read more

I hope this entry will be slightly more comprehensible than the previous jet lagged one! After my last email session I headed off into the sweltering heat to find something to eat. My sister has told me that I need to notice the details, so to start 1. Coca cola is sold in 350cm3 bottles 2. Dogs are very common in Buenos Aires, from your bog standard Heinz 57 mongrel, to you 3 Dalmations, Gt Dane (white), Irish setter and Collie. All good city dogs in my opinion... 3. My sunglasses seem to give the world a slightly pinkish hue, so I feel very much as if I´m looking through rose tinted spectacles. Not a bad sensation, just slightly odd when you take them off! A little more generally... ....Buenos Aires was very hot - so ... read more