Blogs from Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 4

We awoke on the final full day of our wonderful cruise to Antarctica and back, realizing that this dream would soon be over. As we ate breakfast in the Lido, we realized that we were already at the pier. Again we had French toast and juice. We knew that it was “Tuesday” from the mats in the elevator. The captain announced that the ship had been cleared for passengers to go ashore about the time we got to the Showroom. Many other passengers were already assembled there for their tours. We were in the Red-12 group, so quite a few others would disembark before us. Jen is the HAL member of the excursion team that has been in charge of keeping things orderly in the Showroom, and Sharon and I both agree, things have run smoother ... read more

Visite du centre 'institutionnel' dans Microcentro (Plaza de Mayo, Casa de Gobernio, le siège du gouvernement) avec meme la relève de la garde qui protège le mausolée du libérateur de l'Argentine dans la basilique à deux pas de là Balade à Puerto Madero, le long des docks réabilités, une vraie pause avec en prime la visite ludique d'un bateau de la marine nationale du 19eme siècle, un peu style Titanic - Aude ça t'aurait plu! >PDJ: après Séville, BA et le quartier de Puerto Madero me fait (bizarrement) penser à Goucester, UK... **** Visit of the main buildings in the Micro centro area with Paza de Mayo, Casa de Gobernio. Changing of the guard from the government palace to the tomb in the cathedral a few blocks away Walk along the docks in Puerto Madero. Highlight ... read more

The Buenos Aires Street Arttour takes you around the city giving you an up-close introduction to the street art scene, our guide an English guy called Matt was so enthusiastic for the art and knew where to find all the best murals and graffiti pieces. He’d previously co-written a book on South American street art and has a wealth of knowledge on all things graffiti. Matt leads us around the neighbourhoods of Palermo and Colegiales as he explains about the history of street art in Argentina - When the military dictatorship fell in the 80’s and the constraints on free expression were lifted graffiti bloomed- we see colours exploding and animals leaping out from the walls as wepass by, in addition to animals every other picture imaginable will appear somewhere in the city if you look ... read more

Wer hätte das gedacht: Jenny schribt freiwillig en BLOG! Wasmer nöd eso alles macht wämmer keis Handy oder susch unnötigi Unterhaltigsmöchlichkeite hät =) ebe guet, nöd? So, ich schildere mal mini erschte Idrück vo minre Akunft da z Buenos Aires: Ääääntlich nach 15h IBERIA Madrid - B.A. Flugziit imim Appartment iiirgenwo zBuenos Aires acho. Während de liecht rumplig und huupig (ischmer fasch vorcho wi in Indie, was shuuuupe abelangt!) Fahrt, hani schochi mis spanisch wele usprobiere und en Smalltalk füehre mitm Taximator. Es hät tatsächli au (bitzli) funktioniert, aber el homre hät denn eifach druf loos gschwätzt und min part isch dänn eher de gsi: "Sí, sí, aaaah sí,sí,sí,sí,sí,sí, sí compreno un poquito, sí..." gsi =) Dene ischs glich wivilmer verstaht, solang mer irgendöpis seit ;) aja: und si gebed sich au kei Müe langsamer oder ... read more

When I landed in Buenos Aires I once again got punished for being Australian and copped a $100US reciprocity fee for flying into the country. The annoying thing about this one though was that unlike with Chile where you could pay it on arrival it had to be prepaid and the receipt needed to be printed and presented to customs on arrival. While I had tried to pay it a couple of days before I left, the quality of the wifi was so poor that it kept on timing out. Although I did manage to pay it the night before I was due to fly out, I was unable to find a printer. Let's just say that the customs official wasn't too impressed when I pulled out my iPhone at the customs desk to show him ... read more