Blogs from Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 5

Another full day in Buenos Aires. We are getting pretty good at navigating our way around using the subway system. It really is much better than traveling the city streets because of the volume of cars and buses whipping around. Our first destination was the Plaza de Mayo. It is located at the center of Buenos Aires And is the main square. It is a commemoration of the May Revolution on 1810, the first steps towards Argentina's independence from Spain in 1816. Seats of Government are located around the Plaza. At the center of the Plaza if the May Pyramid which was constructed to commemorate independence from Spain. We were able to see the changing of the guard at the Cabildo. The building was the seat of power during the time Argentina was colonized by Spain. ... read more

Today was not as eventful as the past few days since we spent 12 hours in transit either in taxis to or from the airport, taking two planes, and layovers . It's all part of the travel and can't be helped. All this moving around went very smoothly so all was good! We are now in Buenos Aires and staying in the Palermo neighborhood. This is another huge city with a population of 6 million people. After checking in we walked around several of the streets around here. There are numerous cafes and bakeries. We haven't seen a doughnut yet. The bakeries have all kinds of fancy cakes, tarts, fruity specialties, creamy deserts and all kinds of rolls. There are also little stores for daily needs like our party stores at home except many of them ... read more

À environ 35 km au nord de Buenos Aires, dans la province du même nom, la ville de Tigre est facilement accessible par le Tren de la Costa qui la relie à la grande ville plusieurs fois par jours. Comme son nom l’indique, ce train longe la côte de l’Atlantique sud en traversant une dizaine de petites villes, tantôt cossues, tantôt plus délabrées jusqu’au delta du fleuve Paraná qui lui, prend naissance dans le Rio de la Plata. Tigre compte environ 30,000 habitants répartis, pour la plupart, entre la terre ferme et les nombreux canaux qui se déploient à partir du fleuve. Ce delta de 320 km de longueur rend la voiture inutile puisque toutes les maisons sont construites le long des canaux. On n’a donc aucun autre choix que d’y accéder par bateau. Il est ... read more

Buenos Aires! Ville vibrante, bruyante, jeune et colorée, aux notes de tango langoureuses, où vivre la nuit semble indiqué... En arrivant à Buenos Aires, on a vite compris qu’on entre dans un mode de vie hors du commun pour les nordiques que nous sommes. Cette capitale d’arts, où vivent près de 3 millions de Porteños, se divise en nombreux quartiers dont le Microcentro où se côtoient architectures mixées, d’une part à la fois très parisienne et d’autre part très nord-américaine. Au sud de la ville, le marché de San Telmo bourdonne à travers les odeurs de viande grillée et le contraste devient plus saisissant lorsqu’on met le pied dans le Caminito qui déploie ses couleurs comme une carte postale au milieu du vieux quartier de La Boca. C’est là qu’on verra danseurs de tango, guitaristes et ... read more

It was Easter-break 2018 and it was time to leave Curaçao again for a bit. Thanks to a voucher with the airline whom I visited New York and Miami with, I got this flight basically for free. I just had to pay the taxes. Of course it was a long journey, first 2 hours and 45 minutes to Miami and then change for another 8 hours. But hey, it took me where I wanted to go: Buenos Aires. It was my second visit to Argentina's capital and largest city with about 16 million inhabitants in its metropolitan area. My first visit was back in July 2010. The reason for my visit was to attend the wedding of my friend Gideon (Gidi), who I met in Vietnam back in 2008 and then again in Israel in 2013. ... read more