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Goodbye Buenos Aires, Hello Rosario

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October 21st 2009
Just before I leave Buenos Aires alone I just want to note a few observations I made: 1. Argentineans love their sweets - there is a sweet shop on every corner and in between. They also have coffee black with sugar for breakfast and dulce de leche on toast- basically sweetened condensed milk! I have been consuming at least three times the sugar I normally do back home. 2. Portenos (people ... read more

South America » Argentina » Santa Fe » Rosario

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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