Academia Nacional del Tango Buenos Aires

No habla espanol. This was one of the only phrases I knew in Spanish when we first arrived in Argentina on the 6th of September. Therefore, Jessie and I decided that we would launch our adventures with a few weeks of Spanish school. We found a school in Recoleta (an older wealthier region of BA) that fit our goals perfectly. From the first day we …

Driving 12 hours from Cordoba with a 5am start we arrive in Buenos Aires early evening to rush hour traffic on the Avenida De Mayo the main thoroughfare into town. Our hotel is located just a stones throw from this wide street but on a much smaller street leading down to Florida and the tourist centre of the city.

Buenos Aires is South …

... The London City Bar and BarTortoni, both famous city bars where anybody who is anybody goes to be seen. Tortoni, has the Academia Nacional Del Tango up stairs. Crossing Ave 9th Julio at the Obelisk, we head on to Plaza  Del Congreso. Here we find ...

... else going to this museum in the future, the entrance is next door to Café Tortoni! Upstairs from the museum is the Academia Nacional del Tango, so before swotting up on the history of tango I stuck my head around the door to pick up a timetable and ...