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Social life

December 9, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

I was sad that I had to leave Buenos Aires. It had just started all to fall into place, my routine, the friends I had made… I wasn’t really up for leaving and starting all over again. Funnily, it was actually easy (no offense to the gang in BsAs, I miss you guys!!). But if […] Read More

A Milion cocktails

November 20, 2013August 26, 2016 Let it go

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

Nightlife in BsAs

November 18, 2013August 26, 2016 Let it go

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

Real Housewife of Buenos Aires

November 14, 2013August 26, 2016 Let it go

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

The effects of traveling alone

November 10, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

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

Antares Beer tasting

November 8, 2013August 26, 2016 Let it go

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

Settling in

October 28, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

I’m settling into my place in Recoleta. Upon arrival on Sunday, I unpacked, made myself at home, fell asleep at an Argentinian time of 3 am (I should have gone out!), woke up at the German time of 7.30 and started my day. One: Supermercado with the basics: pasta, Coke, Granola, milk, Heinz ketchup, cheese, […] Read More

Sampa’s markets

October 28, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

My last full day in Brazil was market day for me. I went down to the Centro and into the Mercado Municipal de São Paulo. Well, first, I had to fight my way through. I got off at São Bento Metro, and ran into the masses of São Paulo. Think Oxford street at Christmas, just much, […] Read More

Getting connected

October 24, 2013August 4, 2016 Let it go

So far, this trip has been far from lonely. Sure, I’m traveling on my own, but it has been easy to meet people in all different places. The best thing though is when friends connect you, like my friend Daniel did, whom I had met in San Francisco six years ago… A few Facebook messages […] Read More