Blogs from Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 377

Today I got: a headache a letter from Uncle Jimmy three new students a steak sandwich a round brush Last week I bought a hairdryer for $98 pesos. Today a round brush. My hair is styled. I look like the Lizzz I once knew. She looks hott! Today I drew the line of what I would do for a job. Every Tuesday and Friday I have a class at 8 am way up north. I leave at 6am so I can walk to the subway. Then I take a forty minuted subway ride to the last stop on the D line. I then walk a block and board the 161 and sit back and relax. In an hour I will be at my destination. For the 3rd time my students did not show up. No-no-no. They ... read more

I´ve spent in Buenos Aires 3 weeks, not because you really need so much time to see all the main attractions the city has to offer, but just because I had such a great time there. In the middle I'd left for Iguazu, only to return a few days latter, because I've felt I hadn't exhausted Buenos yet, but Iguazu is a totally different story. Actually Buenos Aires is a huge city, with population of 3 million in the city itself, and around 12 million in the metropolitan, and when I first arrived to Buenos I was astonished by its size - we went on a highway for about 40 minutes from the outskirts of the city till its center. But all the attractions are conveniently concentrated in its center, so you don't have to travel ... read more

Good evening everyone! In a desperate attempt to aviod homework I decided it would be a great time to add a little blog! Not much has happened since we got back from Colonia, We went out last night to a club called Azucar (sugar) which is a salsa club, and danced the night away until 6 in the morning. The music was great, and a welcome change from "musica electronica" or trance music that dominates most of the clubs here. There was also a little show with some of the salsa teachers which was amazing, the ways they could move their bodies hypnotized everyone on the dance floor, especially the men. Coming from Canada, I'm not really accustomed to men who know how to dance... so it was interesting to see. (Hint to all men in ... read more

This has been an amazing weekend! The official tour of Buenos Aires has been really helpful in understanding the seat of power of the country! It's also an extremely beautiful place. San Telmo and Boca are my favorite areas. Recoleta cemetery is also really interesting, sort of like a city within a city. The tombs of all of the rich and powerful figures from history are all gathered into one small area of the city, much like the cemeteries in New Orleans - before Katrina anyway. They are full of tourists, the whole city is full of tourists. San Telmo is one of the most beautiful neighborhoods, one that looks liveable, just nice place to be. There are fashion markets and antique fairs along with the various tango orchestras playing in the streets. It was fun ... read more

The day after my last blog update I headed out to the end of the subte (metro) line D and then walked 30 blocks in the pouring rain to get to where two rugby clubs were supposed to be. I basically came up empty and soaked to the bone. However, a girl in the hostel has an Argentine boyfriend who used to play in the burbs. Thus on Saturday I took an hour long train ride up the coast (some amazing little places along La Tren de La Costa) to San Fernando to watch three rugby matches and get in contact with his former club. The club was more of a complex than anything else, equiped with two fields, stands, a restaurant and a bbq pit where they had ridiculously expensive smokies and steak hamburgers at ... read more