Buenos Aires

Fun things you will find at a cemetery

28 November 2011
Thumbnail image for Fun things you will find at a cemetery

Fun things you will find at a cemetery Cemeteries are funny places. Well, apart from all the wailing and death that is. I mean, people usually go to a cemetery for one of two reasons; either to get rid of a body that would otherwise make the house smell if it were not buried quickly, [...]

3 comments Read the full article →

Visiting the Iguazu Falls

25 October 2010
Thumbnail image for Visiting the Iguazu Falls

One of the highlights for our self-made tour of Argentina was to visit the Iguazu Falls. Buenos Aires to Puerto Iguazu by Bus. Once we had arrived in Buenos Aires, we started thinking about the best way to get to Puerto Iguazu in the North of Argentina. Aerolineas Argentina offered flights for around 360 USD [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

10 Tips about Buenos Aires – Semester Abroad Experience

20 October 2010
Thumbnail image for 10 Tips about Buenos Aires – Semester Abroad Experience

I lived in Buenos Aires for 6 months, and I must say it was a wonderfully up and down experience. Up until I left, the city captivated me. When I lived there, I could be found admiring the city on any given day – its architecture, its culture, its food, its fashion – even months [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

Tango in Buenos Aires, Argentina

4 October 2010
Thumbnail image for Tango in Buenos Aires, Argentina

When you think of Buenos Aires, what are the main attractions that you think of? Well, if tango doesn’t come to mind then you have no clue what B.A. is all about. Ah, tango. What once was really an expression of art and feelings and life has now become an export and a commodity to [...]

2 comments Read the full article →

Typical Menu Boards of La Boca, Buenos Aires

2 September 2010
Thumbnail image for Typical Menu Boards of La Boca, Buenos Aires

These are some menu boards outside a restaurant we ended up eating at in the La Boca part of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is common to see menu boards like this outside restaurants with what they have on offer that day written in chalk. This photo is to give you an idea of what they [...]

0 comments Read the full article →

Why isn’t Argentina like its presidential palace?

23 July 2010
La Casa Rosada - The Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires, Argentina

A visit to La Casa Rosada, the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, leaves you wondering what might have been with this intoxicating country. The day we visited we passed a mini-shanty town in the square outside the palace. It’s occupied by veterans of the Malvinas/Falklands war, campaigning for fair treatment from the government. We cross [...]

1 comment Read the full article →

← Previous Entries