Blogs from Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 413

i arrived in south america on april 8th (i think), landed in buenos aires. nice city, clean, inexpensive, great steaks, inexpensive wine and cheap beer. spent a week in BA and then headed south before winter set in. my first stop was bariloche. unfortunately i had technical problems with my camera and lost my pictures from buenos aires and some of my photos from bariloche... read more

- Food: La Perla hotel breakfasts fab, tortilla at last, 'interesting' meal on the coche cama (overnight sleeper bus) - Area: My first football match fantastic, La Boca area not so fantastic although colourful houses were pretty. Tigre - depressing ghost town feel. - People: La Perla staff v helpful, La Boca locals not as 'dodgy' as the guide books say, River Plate fans very tuneful with their constant football songs. - Weather: Still nice and warm Sun 3rd April: Thank god we knew enough about cab fares in B.A. as we stupidly got in a cab at the airport at midnight without checking the fare or the meter. He tried to charge us five times the amount! My Spanish soon improved, along with the tutting to get him down to near enough the right price. ... read more

Nous voilà à un peu plus de 24 heures de prendre l'avion vers le nord. Aujourd'hui, les Portenos se préparent à l'hiver. Tout le monde est habillé comme en plein mois d'octobre, alors inutile de vous dire que nous ne passons pas inaperçus avec nos vêtements estivaux et nos sandales. Nous avons visité le magnifique cimetière de Recoleta, hier. On peut vous confirmer que les Argentins qui y sont enterrés ont une assez bonne opinion d'eux-mêmes. Pas de crise existentielle en cette contrée. Faillite assurée pour tous les psys. Nous avons aussi mangé au restaurant préféré de notre Jacques Villeneuve national, à Buenos Aires (en tout cas, c'est ce que la photo laisse suggérer dans l'escalier...). Un excellent restaurant italien où la truite était notamment divine. Aujourd'hui, achat de souvenirs et visite du Musée des Beaux-Arts. ... read more

- Food: None of the restaurants have pepper, only salt. LOTS of salt though and most of the food is incredibly sweet. Dulce de leche (caramilized milk) rules. Nice but very sweet. Variety of sauces with all the bread instead of butter. Empanadas (pastry with filling) are Argentina´s snack food and are lovely. Steak - good but was expecting better. Surprisingly un spicy food. Helado (ice cream) an rightful Argentinian best. Licuado´s (smoothies) delicious. Mate which is like a bitter tea is the national drink drunk out of little bowls with straws. A flask of hot water carried around to constantly top it up! - People: Are very patient with me attempting Spanish and let me try, even if they speak English, without interrupting. They seem to speak Spanish slower than in Spain. Hardly any rough ... read more

Sorry guys it has taken me so long to update. I finally figured out how to get pictures from my camera to here without saving them to the computers here. Anyway, we took a tour about two weeks ago through the city. We first went to San Telmo which is the oldest part of the city. This is the place where they have coblestone roads and old buildings. This is where the first settlers came. They stayed there until there was a yellow fever epidemic and then they moved to the north in Recoleta. San Telmo has a beautiful cathedral, and it is where you can go to watch a tango show in Plaza Dorrego. There also is an antique fair every weekend which is something that attracts many tourists. It's definitely very interesting and gives ... read more