Best of BsAs
It’s time to look back at 5 weeks in the Argentinian capital: Best part/scene/place: Recoleta. It’s just the place to be. Palermo comes in at a close second, but I think I’d always go back to Arenales y Callao. It’s central, bars, restaurants and services close by, and you’re super fast in any other part of […] 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
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
Real Housewife of Buenos Aires
Well, nothing much to report those last days. Summer makes a quick visit with high temperatures before the rain sets in on Friday, so I spent some time at the pool. Couldn’t find the sun block so I though ah, ten minutes will be fine… Well, I just made it out there before I really […] Read More
Hanging out
The past few days have been pretty relaxed, I’ve been hanging out a lot with Javo, and the friends that are visiting him from the US and Canada, which in turn have other friends here… so it spreads out. We’ve been having dinner and beer in Recoleta, ice cream… I went to the gym as […] 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
In the rain…
A storm front has hit Buenos Aires, so it’s raining and thundering happily. It’s only supposed to last a day. I’ll use the time to clean up my PC, sort pictures and documents, check my spending, then maybe go for a swim or to a museum…. Tonight I’ll meet a friend for a beer. Oh, […] Read More