tango in buenos aires

'Buenos Ondes a Buenos Aires'

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February 26th 2011
During our travels in New Zealand we had hoped to learn a bit of Castillano (Latin American spanish) in order to prepare ourselves for South American travel. With help from our children's spanish book, and our phrasebooks we had a basic grasp by the time we boarded the plane. Over the course of our 9 days in Buenos Aires however our vocabulary and pronunciation progressed significantly. We were o ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » 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