The future Santiago home
The last couple of days I’ve been busy checking out places in Uruguay and Santiago, checking side trips to Valparaiso and to Easter Island…. And I finally found a great place in Santiago’s neighborhood of Providencia, that was recommended by several friends, so it’s gotta be good. I’ll be staying in this little gem here. Read More
Heading to Pocitos
And here’s my place in the Pocitos area of Montevideo… I’m staying with Rosanna in this fancy place for 4 days at the end of november. Read More
The effects of traveling alone
I’ll be on the road for 15 months. Every couple of weeks I’ll start over in a new city and have to make new friends. I have no idea how this will work, how I’ll manage, and how hard or easy this might become. So far, getting in touch with people is not hard. I […] Read More
Marcha del Orgullo
Saturday I went to the LGBTIQ Pride March in Buenos Aires, called the Marcha del Orgullo with some friends, old and new. It was held at the Plaza de Mayo, Argentina’s central square in front of the presidential Palace, the appropriately named (and later lit up) Casa Rosada – the pink house. It was a crazy […] Read More
Antares Beer tasting
Finally went out to a bar at a time close to an Argentinian time frame… I went to Palermo in the evening to finish my book and to sample a glass of Malbec. One glass and I was already pretty much there and slightly drunk. Then I met up with Matías (from the Blur concert) […] Read More
Bellas artes
I don’t know why I overlooked this gem on the last trip. I went to MALBA, the museum of Modern Art. But not to this one, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes. My expectations were low, Pablo, with whom I went, mentioned that it only had one single van Gogh… it sounded like that was […] Read More
Soy vegetariano
When I last visited Argentina in 2011, I remember the food options for vegetarians being a bit on the slim side… obvious, for a country that prides itself with prime meat! In all respects… 😉 Sure, the huge Italian immigration in the past has made Italian food readily available, pizza and pasta galore, so I […] Read More
Crossing the Rio de la Plata
Finally I made up my mind on what to do with those ten days that were still ‘open’ between the first four weeks in Buenos Aires and the flight on to Santiago. I was contemplating Patagonia, the glaciers in the far, far south, Mendoza and a wine tour, Salta close to the Bolivian border or […] Read More
My routines
I start to develop my daily routines here. I found a couple of cafés close by, either SofaCafé or Santos Sabores, where I start my day with breakfast – mostly the standard Café con leche, sumo de naranja y tres medialunas con manteca. There, I do my emails, surf a bit, read the news, sort […] Read More
Palermo streets and street art
Today I took a walk though the neighborhood of Palermo, a big area that has several little areas, Palermo Viejo, Palermo Hollywood, Palermo Soho…. It is one of the city’s hubs for cafés and bars at night, little shopping boutiques during the day and full of street art. I was with Pablo, a […] Read More