San Telmo Antique Market Buenos Aires

Natalie and I woke form our nap... Slowly packed our bags and had our carb loaded breakfast on the rooftop in the hot, stagnate air.

We checked out and loaded up with our bags, groceries and water and went on our way. We stopped by the laundromat to get our clothes, but it was closed. Natalie saw a woman inside, got her attention and …

After a day getting settled into our wonderful little hotel in the San Telmo District of Buenos Aires and strolling the pedestrian only shopping street Calle Florida, Anne and Kurt arranged for dinner at a small local eatery. The Cafe San Juan is owned by a newly-famous chef and his ex-wife. He opened his first restaurant recently, making simple …

Leuke steden, na Zuid-Afrika (in 2007) en Azie waren Joyce en ik wat sceptisch over grote steden. Natuurlijk ze beiden veel verschillende activiteiten, maar ze zijn vaak ook stinkend, crimineel en lelijk. Na Santiago, moeten we ook voor Buenos Aires weer een uitzondering maken. Natuurlijk is hier ook een groot verschil tussen arm en rijk, maar het …

Well its out last day here in BA. Its all gone so quickly.
Arrived back from
Iguazu friday - we've stayed in the same hotel here whenever we've been in BA so
a nice welcome back.
Saturday we did an open top bus tour of BA, started well
until we got to the first stop off and then the bus information thingy broke
down!! We …

So usually this is the week that I get to go back to the USA. However, since my husband and I are taking a well deserved vacation to Cabo in a few weeks, my schedule changed. This week I am spending time in our offices in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Actually, if I have to spend a week somewhere in South America, instead of going home, Buenos Aires …

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.

Buenos Aires is a …

Brunch in Palermo was followed by a walk down to Avenue Cordoba where we caught the Subte from Medrano to Carlos Pellegrini. Saw the Obelisco and wandered past Cafe Tortoni to the Plaza de Mayo. Had another look at the Casa Rosada and the balcony where Madonna did her thing - then headed down to San Telmo for the Sunday market. It seemed a lot …

La visitia dell cimitero della recoleta mi ha ricordato quanto siamo uguali noi Italiani e gli Argentini. Il cimitero e in stile dell Sud Italia... come a Carovigno.

San Telmo e stata veramente bella. Il mercatino di cianfrusalia di domenica e molto bello e trovi di tutto... pure machine fotografiche dell secolo scorso :-)

La …

On Thursday we arrived in Buenos Aires. I have heard many great stories about Buenos Aires and rumour has it nobody leaves this city without falling in love with it. (It as being the city and not a person, yes I know what some of you are thinking ;-) Haha!). Based on the short time I've been here and very small part of the city I have seen I think …

Argentina is ice cream crazy. Then again, so am I so we should get along just fine. I think there's a gelato parlor on almost every street. Argentina has its own ice cream police (AFADHYA/Asociación Fabricantes Artesanales de Helados y Afines) to check if the gelato (if it has Italian influences) or helado is freshly made without additives. …

... 's the tango, which this place is famous for. We had luck to arrive on a Sunday just in time for the atmospheric San Telmo antique market, where we also caught our first tango show. It is a dance of passion, of expressive movements and postures that seem ...

... top of another market stall. Josepho bides his time making fun with the scarce resources while his mother sells glassware at the San Telmo antique market, an open air market in San Telmo, the cultural hub of Buenos Aires. Residents and tourists mingle to ...

... It was 10 pm – how Argentinian of us. Friday, the search was on for the cow purse that Debbie saw in the San Telmo Antique Market when we were there a couple weeks earlier. We found it, she bought it. And, 10 minutes later found one she ...

... walk in the hot, humid, stagnate air to the new hostel. We make it. Drop off our bags, check in and get directions to the San Telmo Antique Market. This is a must do when in BA, therefore Nat and I must do it. We make the trek down and find a gelato shop ...

... with retired husbands who sit and watch TV all day and bellow orders.  Sounds familiar.   We took a taxi to San Telmo antique market.  We were mesmerized, blown away by all the sights.  First a shop with antique máte cups.  ...

... night exchanging stories and laughing like we were at a sleepover…I felt 15 again! Day 3: On Sunday we went to San Telmo antique market with Piia and Niamh. The market was buzzling with people and stalls, every where we looked an Argentinean craft ...

... to follow. The following day was Sunday. I grabbed some random Australian I met in Milhouse to join me in going to the San Telmo antique market again and then went back to the hostel to meet up with some friends for another all-you-can-eat-buffet because ...

Our last day in Buenos Aires where spendt in San Telmo Antique market and a long walk in the harbour. The antique market was pretty cool. There where alot of stuff that where very unique and sweet. There where alot of travel trunks from louis vuitton and ...