La Boca

La Boca is the area whereto a lot of Italian immigrants arrived in the beginning of 1900s. They built houses out of sheet metal and painted it with colours left over from the ships in the port. That's why they originally had different colours. Now they've just kept it that way for tourists, but I love the area for its still Italian flavour.

Lidt mindre fremmede i Argentina

September 13th 2007
ESTEBAN Vi bor på 7. sal, i en gade, der hedder Tacuarí, inde i centrum. Elevatoren kører kun til 6. sal, så den sidste etage må man gå til fods. Men indtil for nylig plejede vi at gå hele vejen ned til 5. for at vente på elevatoren dér. Det gjorde vi, fordi vi helst ville undgå at møde vores underbo, Esteban, der altså bor nede på 6. og som måske egentlig er en rigtig flink fyr, der ... read more

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Following independence from Spain in 1816, Argentina experienced periods of internal political conflict between conservatives and liberals and between civilian and military factions. After World War II, a long period of Peronist authoritarian rule an... ... read more

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