San Telmo Buenos Aires

Now comes the last days of my trip in Buenos Aires. They were a mix of me finallly taking time to relax in parks, read lots, drink copious amounts of coffee and say chau but not goodbye to lots of friends I had made in this amazing city. The people of South America are among the friendliest I have ever met. When Ian Bohn and I travelled to Central …

We arrived in Buenos Aires with no real agenda other than eating well, drinking well, relaxing and catching up with friends we'd met on our way there. In this respect it was a great success! It was by far the least strenuous time that we've had since we've been away so far, but it was also one of the most enjoyable stops.

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Ca y est, tout est prêt, après quelques jours d'air pur et des images plein la tête, je pars en direction de la capitale, la Grande Buenos Aires dont je ne sais toujours pas quoi penser tellement j'en ai entendu parler mais la meilleure facon de me faire une idée, c'est d'aller la voir de mes propres yeux. Après 24 heures de bus, 2 contrôles de …

Am Flughafen angekommen, machten wir uns erst mal auf die Suche nach einem Bankomaten. Dieser befindet sich im Terminal A. Da wir schon um kurz nach 6 Uhr in der Früh angekommen sind, haben wir uns dazu entschieden, mit dem Bus in die Stadt zu fahren, da wir erst um 14 Uhr im Hostel einchecken konnten. Der öffentliche Bus (Linie 8) braucht nämlich …

Nous sommes arrivés à l'aéroport de Buenos Aires vers 23h, l'atterrissage était délicat à cause d'un orage qui grondait pile poil sur l'aéroport, tout le monde a applaudit au moment où l'avion s'est posé, l'avion était content d'avoir survécu à ces turbulences! Il avait beaucoup plu les jours précédents et les routes étaient encore bien inondées. …

It took a little less then 24 hours from the time we left San Diego til we walked through the door of our Buenos Aires loft. After the long Coachella weekend Sheila and I selpt during most of the flights. Well worth all the effort. Martin and Franco met us at 10am to give us the keys and show us the ins and outs. A nap, lunch and food shopping, and …

Well this blog has been a long time coming. Not long after settling into the hostel, we received a "welcome-to-South-America" gift in the form of a stomach flu. I, David, first came down with something, then Nicole got it and I got it again. In between moments of immobility, we still managed to see some of the wonderful sights of Buenos Aires and …

Nothing to report really for the past couple of days as it was spent on the bus. 18 hours to Buenos Aires full of Argentine men. The best bit about the journey was the fact that when they serve you food, they give you wine with the meal (good wine at that) and also, we played bingo!!! Can you believe it. I was never going to win as I only know the …

Buenos Aires, capitale de l'Argentine, est aussi la deuxième ville la plus peuplée d’Amérique du Sud (après Sao Paolo, au Brésil) et une des 16 plus peuplées au monde: environ 15 millions d´habitants avec son agglomération et 5 millions pour Buenos Aires intramuros. Ses habitants sont les «Porteños», littéralement «les habitants du port», ils …

C'est dimanche et il fait très beau mais pas très chaud. Je passe ma matinée a apprécier les couleurs, le travail des artistes et les vieilleries du marche de San Telmo. Beaucoup de vendeurs de ces vielles bouteilles d'eau gazeuses que l'on mettaient vides devant sa porte 2 fois par semaines pour les échanger contre des pleines, comme on le faisait …

... , after almost two weeks in Buenos Aires. Next stop is Uruguay for a few days, before I head back into Argentina. I have had a really good time in Buenos Aires, how can you not have good time here? But since I have spent the last six weeks or so in big ...

... tried to kill me a couple of times, but that's all part of a healthy relationship, isn't it? During these last 2 weeks, Buenos Aires has captured me completely. From the antique markets in San Telmo to the designer boutiques of Palermo Soho; from near ...

... , local delis and the occasional tenement. Actually it reminded me of a lot of up-and-coming neighborhoods in New York. Buenos Aires also has a recently revitalized port area flanked with renovated warehouses that now house a huge number of restaurants ...

Despite having already stayed in two cities since our Patagonian adventure it was Buenos Aires that made us really want to escape back to the wilds; a gut reaction to the overwhelming size of the city, the confining streets, imposing buildings, the ...

... a dinner of porotos (bean stew) with a lone cooked hot dog swimming in the chunky liquid. My first meal in Argentina, shortly after landing in Buenos Aires on Friday afternoon-at a "parrilla"- was a plate of freshly grilled ribs, and more of them than I ...

... are huge and delicious, the red wine is divine and the pasta is also fantastic. All in all we have really enjoyed Buenos Aires (and Argentina in general), it just has a really nice atmosphere, quite European but Latino at the same time. We are going ...

... collect the camera. Legendary red tape bureaucracy. In the afternoon we explored the south of the city, the first area called San Telmo was all cobbled streets, antique shops, hippies selling beads and trendy cafes. Then it was over to Puerto ...

... on the second night that my love affair began. It started with the quaint cobbled streets and ageing mansions of San Telmo, the oldest neighbourhood in Buenos Aires and where our hostel was situated. Then I had my first encounter. I was swept off my ...

IMH: It's easy to believe that Buenos Aires (BA) is one of South America's most eclectic cities, graced with European architecture, atmospheric neighbourhoods and bustling nightlife. I hope this entry does justice to this enticing city!   We took ...

... people line up to take their photo in front of her grave.  Google Evita if you want to know the history. Buenos Aires has the widest street in the world - with 16 lanes of traffic and a strip of park in the ...