Our apartment

Living like a Porteño

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May 24th 2008
That's what people from Buenos Aires are called. Though I'm not sure we're really living like them - for starters, they don't even think of eating before 9.30 at night by which time I'm thinking about my slippers and cocoa. But it's a fun place to be and very different from anywhere else we've been for a long time. We moved into our lovely, modern apartment (with fantastic powerful hot shower a ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires

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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