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Another adventure in the world of soccer… Today I got up early to travel to River Stadium (where River Plate, Boca Juniors’ Rival team in Buenos Aires, plays) to stand in line to get tickets for a soccer game. Not just any soccer game though… this Wednesday the Argentine National team, the one preparing to play in the World Cup, will be taking on the Argentine Under 20 team. What does this mean? You can’t loose by cheering for Argentina! After getting out of the cab at River Stadium, it took 20 minutes to walk around the stadium to where the line ended: past the stadium, past the onramp to the interstate, and all the way down 60 yards onto the interstate! I stood in line for 2 and a half hours with 5 other students ... read more


Open any guide book to Buenos Aires and you will find that the world claims this city as synonymous with Tango. The two are inseparable. Knowing this, I felt it only appropriate to take on the daunting task of unraveling what exactly tango is. I´m delving into the skirts of tango in Buenos Aires. Let me tell you what I´ve done. Before even coming to Buenos Aires, I attended a world class tango show at the Ferst Center at Georgia Tech. From this show I learned that tango was a feeling, a seductive, overwhelming feeling, one that isn´t just thought up, but truly felt in the gut. Not only is it an emotion, but it is one of the most beautiful visual dances in the world. I left this show ecstatic and thrilled, breathless and enchanted. ... read more
Senor Tango
Clasica y Moderna


This is the buidling next to ours. Abdul had just gone to the gym and I was in bed watching Will and Grace when it went off. I thought our windows where going to break and were on the 12th floor! All the windows on the buildings and shops across the street broke. I thought it was a bomb. Freaky!!! Gas explosion kills two Firemen work outside an apartment building in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Recoleta yesterday where a natural-gas explosion and an ensuing fire killed two people and injured 14. ... read more
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South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires May 21st 2006

Having experienced the previous weekend in Buenos Aires, Sergio, Joaquín, and I realized that the many points of interest in the city become much more interesting on Saturdays and Sundays because of the various local activities going on only on those days. We had a long list of places that we needed to see during our last Sunday in Argentina. Our first order of business was to find replacement batteries for Sergio’s camera. He had taken about 400 photos on this trip so far and his camera was almost dead. A convenience store near our hotel got him back on his photographer’s feet. We also needed to get some shopping out of the way. It is our family tradition to get Hard Rock Café guitar pins (representative of each city we visit) for my wife Elizabeth’s ... read more
A flower anyone?
Classic Sculpture at Bellas Artes
Colorful Entryway to Modern Art Exhibit


I colori e l'atmosfera de La Boca sono difficili da descrivere a parole....... read more
La Boca
La Boca
La Boca


Rain is dripping off the fragile points of trees and smearing everything on the sidewalks. walking home i smelled fresh bread everywhere and it made me want to slip into a nice warm jacket of a cafe and drink coffee and fresh hot bread layered in butter. I am in a slow sleepy mood. Listening to Nina Simone at a volume where I can feel her voice rattle my bones and give me chills. The more I listen to Nina Simone the more I like her. She hits me somewhere deep but leaves me hanging. She makes me feel sexy, joyful, light as a cobweb, moody, strong as an oak. You can tell when I am walking around BsAs and listening to her. There is something different in the strides I take. When I listen to ... read more


many geographical hotspots have their own motto. for example, belize's is "you better belize it!" connecticut's is "connecticut:we're full of surprises." the united states is apparently the "land of the free," whoever that's supposed to be referring to. argentina's is "argentina: un pais, en serio!" which translates roughly to "argentina: seriously, we're a country!" in our three weeks in this "country," we have come up with a few more...how should i say this...appropriate mottos. here's one: Argentina: Your Unreliable Friend because here's the thing. everyone has that unreliable friend, right? you know who i'm talking about. he says he'll be there at 8, but you call at 10 and he says he's not coming. she borrows a cd and only after you've forgotten you ever owned it does she return it, if ever. or, say, he's ... read more

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires » Tigre May 17th 2006

Sergio, Joaquín, and I decided to visit one of the areas considered the favorite natural playground for “Porteños” wanting to get away from the glass-and-concrete surroundings of Buenos Aires during the weekends. “El Tigre” (or The Tiger, in English) is the destination and had been highly recommended by our various book guides and also by at least one of the many taxi drivers that had volunteered information to us. Our point of departure was Retiro Station, just a quick walk across Plaza San Martin (three city blocks from the Marriott). The place was very busy with travelers and commuters coming and going. Some of them were carrying heavy luggage in tow; some others just whatever was needed for the day. We quickly located a ticket window and paid for our fare. The attendant pointed us to ... read more
Catamaran Restaurant
River Houses
Pte. Sarmiento's House

South America » Argentina » Buenos Aires May 16th 2006

The first order of business after our usual breakfast at the Marriott was to go to the Brazilian consulate to request our tourist visas. Once again, our hotel’s location proved to be very convenient since the consulate address was within walking distance (in between Retiro and Recoleta, over 9 de Julio Avenue). Once there, we went through security and joined a moderately long line of applicants waiting for their turn to speak with one of the three or four consulate officials behind service windows. When our turn came, we were given the bad news: it would take a minimum of three business days for our visas to be issued. That meant that the soonest that we could depart for Iguazú was Friday May 19, or most likely Saturday, May 20. Considering that our last day in ... read more


Il fascino del Porto reso ancora più interessante dalla sfilata di Mucche create dai più importanti artisti contemporanei argentini...... read more
puerto madero
puerto madero
Barbie




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