Birthday Party
On Sunday, my machine gun Spanish teacher Andrés was celebrating his 27th Birthday. He invited me over on Saturday night for drinks and pizza and to go out to a club afterwards. I met a bunch of his friends, all really great guys, and had another intensive Spanish lesson. I realize it’s much harder to […] Read More
Mercado de las Pulgas
Matías made me a list of the seven things I have to do while in Buenos Aires, including his favorite Brunch places and special sights you would not necessarily find in a guide book. So we’re working on that list, and we went for a Saturday morning brunch in fabuleux Café Le Blé. It reminded me a […] Read More
Milonga
Friday morning I left sunny Montevideo on the Buquebus, with Francisco’s slower sister ship this time, that brought me over the Rio de la Plata in three hours. Once arrived in BsAs, I took possession of my SERENA apartment again, changed some Dolares for más Pesos with a friend, got my little suitcase from Javo […] Read More
Off to Montevideo
Travelling day today. I’ll clean out my beloved SERENA apartment, pack and bring a small suitcase with stuff to Javo who will keep it for a few days. Then I’ll head over to the Ferry Terminal for the two-hour Ferry trip across the Rio de la Plata to Montevideo. I’ll arrive there in the evening. […] Read More
Trip to Tigre
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
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
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
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
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
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