Cafe Gran Tortoni

Heroes on horses

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April 3rd 2010
Our first day in Argentina has gotten off to a cracking start....after I finally got out of bed just before 11. But after the long sleepless flight from NZ a well deserved sleep I reckon! In the Lan Chile magazine I had read about a number of nice little coffee shops in BA, one of which didn't seem too far from our hotel, so Lucy and I headed off in what we thought was the general direction. ... 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