Casa Palermitano Buenos Aires

So my first blog... As this is our first major travel adventure we seem to have spent most of our time theorising about what will go wrong... I guess we are going to make plenty of mistakes. So I have decided that the theme of the blog should be LESSONS LEARNED.

First stop - Buenos Aires

1. The Spanish Language can sound a bit like English but don't be fooled - simply ordering meals has been difficult. I tried ordering a vodka and lemonade (won't do that again), white wine, pepp...

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We made it about 4 pm this afternoon. Its quite warm and very busy (read: hectic). But we have a fun little b&b in the up and coming area of Palermo distirct. We took a small walk this afternoon for beer and a snack. Then crashed (heavily) until about 9. (It gets dark about 8pm) We are now off for a late night snack and perhaps a bit cooler weather....

For the past two days we have had clear sunny skies and great days of touring. Friday, since the weather had cleared up we completed the walking tour we had set out to do the previous day. The tour took us around historic areas of BA, through some lovely parks, to the national theater, BA's oldest synagogue, and to the famous obelisk. Upon ending at the Congress Building, which was modeled after the US Capital building, our feet were tired so we hopped in a cab and headed back to the hotel fo...

Buenos Aires has been a breath of fresh air with the feel of Madrid, the architecture of Paris and the buzz of New York. Since Santiago is surrounded by hills it traps the pollution and we rarely saw pure blue sky. We spent our first two days walking (and walking and walking) around the city. Tree lined streets, green parks, and chic eateries are aplenty which is a nice change from Santiago. For such a world class city it is very affordable, our first night we had a three course dinner and a ...

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18th Jan 08 Today, Friday, I decided to have a cultural day - visiting museums and art galleries - a bit of a culture vulture on the quiet!! However, just to show that I have some balance in my day, I started off at the Botanical Gardens or should I call it the "Cat" Gardens!! It is full of all colours, makes and sizes of cats - they own the place. Apparently, the old ladies of the area feed and look after them - they are not your common old feral, mangy, bedraggled cats you would expect to s...

12th to 20th Jan 08 Eight Days in Buenos Aires - to learn the Tango!! Luckily, my B&B in Buenos Aires are very familiar with this scenario so were not in the least surprised - to them, the surprise was that I actually showed up!! I am in another lovely place called Casa Palermitano - it is an old style BA house with lots of character and really high ceilings - very convenient for where the action is but really quiet at night so sleeping is not a problem. The owners have made me really wel...