Last week we went to see Robbie Williams in concert at River Plate's Monumental Stadium. It was amazing! We were surprised just how good an entertainer he is, but his Spanish leaves a lot to be desired. In his second concert the following night it appears he didn't try to speak as much of it!! Sorry about the quality of the photos but, whilst friends had tickets in the "inner circle", we were most certainly closer to "outer space" !! And for our American "Who is Robbie Williams?" friends, check out the wikipedia entry for more info!!... read more

Spring has sprung and Argentina is awash with colour and wildlife! Trish enjoyed watching the birds in Chascomus so we thought we would share some of our beautifl spring photos with you.... read more

You can't beat a good wine festival. At La Rural there must have been a good couple of thousand wines for us to try but I doubt we got far into double figures! All of them were excellent and we now have a few different ideas for what to choose when we see a dazzling array of choice on the wine list. It was also an opportunity to sample some of the more expensive Malbecs which we would normally shy away from in favour of a cheaper option. Some of the stalls had biscuits to nibble at (to cleanse the pallet perhaps?), or olives, or even ham, bread and olive oil. We really did have a good time. Afterwards it back to a restaurant close to home where we ran into some friends. All in all, ... read more

We have just had an excellent weekend celebrating Trish's birthday. Thanks to Opodo we were able to get a good deal for a night of luxury at the Sheraton Libertador in the centre of Buenos Aires. We had forgotten what it was like to sleep in a massive bed with a proper mattress and huge fluffy pillows. So many huge fluffy pillows that most of them had to be thrown on the floor to allow us to sleep!! The rooftop undercover swimming pool was lovely as we can't remember when we last went swimming either! It afforded a terrific viewpoint over the city, just a shame the views aren't great! On Saturday (the big day) we went to Puerto Madero where we dined in style at Cabaña las Lilas (sorry, the website is only... read more

It was a glorious day today so we decided to take a walk out to the Costanera Norte. That involved strolling through the beautiful Palermo Parks then negotiating the busy pedestrian-unfriendly roads around the domestic airport. We managed to go onto the fisherman's pier but couldn't go to the end as that's for members only. I thought about going through the open gate at the side, and even though it would have been acceptable to say I didn't understand the "No Entry" sign it would have been difficult to explain why I climbed over the rope to get through anyway! It always amazes us when we see people fishing in this part of the river which looks quite polluted. We've never seen anyone catch anything anyway. Today, however, we did see a fisherman catch something. We ... read more