Trip to Tigre

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Saturday I took a trip to Tigre, a little town in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. It is located at the river delta where both the Río Uruguay and the Río Paraná flow together to form the Río de la Plata; the massive bay in the ocean that is, in fact, the river, and no […] Read More

Turn up the heat

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It’s hot. Somewhere around 30 C and I can’t do much than just hang out. I had Andrés, my machine gun Spanish teacher, over for a session at the pool, with cold beer and lots of sunshine on Saturday. Today I went to Tigre, and then just had to go to the pool again, with […] Read More

Blue Aires

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The city has turned blue. These trees, called Jacaranda, line many streets in Buenos Aires and are all over its parks. They are now in full blue-violet bloom, turning the city into a great colorful spectacle. I’m trying to catch the colors and the light, but it’s hard, depending on daylight etc. I’ll keep on trying. This is […] Read More

Food critic

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There’s simply not much to blog about …. I try to post at least one item every day, something that made my day or that I want to remember. After all I keep this as a sort of diary for the months to come, and when all the trip is history. So let’s talk about food. […] Read More

A Milion cocktails

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Well, only three. At Milion, this fancy townhouse a couple of blocks from my place. It has a restaurant and a bar, a back patio and some grand stairs leading down into the garden. Andrés and I arrived towards 11, the bar relatively full, mostly with expats, tourists and the Argentinean upper class….   We […] Read More

Beers and friends

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Great fun having met Matías at the Blur concert. He’s a multi-talent, working in communication, making his own music, developed an app for Daft Punk, and a great guy to hang with for a beer. Below we’re just goofing off in a park around sunset. Yesterday I was also invited to the home of this […] Read More

Nightlife in BsAs

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This weekend I finally broke the spell and went out at night. Sometimes you just gotta get the ball rolling. Buenos Aires goes out late. Seriously. Rio and Sampa at least had some bars that you could have a drink at in the early evening. Buenos Aires dances to a different beat. Dinners are late, […] Read More

Feria de San Telmo

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I already had a stroll through San Telmo last Sunday with friends, when the flea market was on, but I did not have my camera with me so I decided I needed to come back. I first ran into a festival celebrating Lebanese Independence day, with falafel stands and a music and traditional dance show. […] Read More

Bondi Beach

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My friends Sven, Kevin and Rajiv are heading to Australia for the holidays, and I’ll meet up with them in time for New Year’s Eve in Sydney. I can’t wait…. Sven already organized a place! From there we will head to Melbourne on January 1st for another 10 days. Read More

Subte

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Public transport systems fascinate me. I like to study maps and metro lines, and the history of them. I think they’re an expression of civilization. And a certain idea of community and the state providing a good service for its citizens (not just let the rich have a car…). I have staples of books and […] Read More

Learning Spanish

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I learned Spanish in school, in 1990-1991, in an afternoon course of two hours a week. I remember having so much fun in this weird ‘language laboratory’, as it was called. Equipped with the latest 70s audio technology, so we could listen in to Spanish texts, repeat them and the teacher could hear and correct […] Read More