El Bataclan - Design B&B Buenos Aires

... französischen Eichenfass g**eift.
Ausflug San Telmo, vorwiegend für seine Antikläden bekannt, nett zum bummeln ab** nichts was ich jetzt g**ade gebraucht hätte und ein weit**es Steak-Restaurant. We***** chic und abgehoben, da geht es wirklich nur um das Steak. Das war dann auch so zart und saftig, dass man es mit zwei Gabeln hätte essen können. Ich träume imm** noch von diesem Steak.
Ein weit**es, wenn auch etwas makab**es Highlight ist d** Friedhof. Man baut ...

Today arrived with icy cold rain, and a stiff breeze. I am congratulating our decision to go north early but we would not be eager to leave except for the weather. There is a real friendliness about the place that makes you want to stay, but we miss the constant warmth and sunshine we are used to in Brisbane. As the Buenos Airians set off for work we were getting ready for our first Spanish lesson, which is a short 20 minute walk ...

... course on Friday so will have a wee bit more time to explore the city again, although I'm intending to do some voluntary work too. I've really enjoyed my first 4 weeks here - can't believe it's that long, although sometimes it feels like I've been away for ages!

Things I've learned:

Drivers are just as crazy as my first impression, although I've seen surprisingly few accidents.

The green man has little or ...

... finalement avoir affaire à une personne impolie qui me traitait comme une *****. Pour le coiffeur ce fut une plaie pour obtenir une quelconque information, à l'auberge comme dans les magasins, quand je pouvais avoir un renseignement donné avec une évidente mauvaise grâce il s'avérait faux (je me suis même fait envoyer à un coiffeur pour chiens!). 4h de marche avant de tomber par hasard sur un coiffeur à deux blocs de l'auberge (devant lequel passaient les employés de l ...

... Troedelmarkt und anschliessend noch das Arbeiterviertel La Boca besuchen, was fuer seine bunten Haeuser und das Fussballstadion der Boca Juniors bekannt ist. Buenos Aires ist mit Abstand die europaeischste Stadt die wir in Suedamerika gesehen haben. Man fuehlt sich auf Anhieb wohl hier und die lockere Stimmung nimmt einen sehr schnell ein. Niemals fuehlt man sich unwohl oder irgendwelcher Gefahr ausgesetzt. Kurz gesagt: "Buenos Aires, was fuer eine schoene Stadt".

... On the morrow we elected to partake of a guided shopping tour. We had a driver and personal guide to take us wherever we wished but we elected to have Laura (our English speaking guide) take us to her favourite spots. It was very hot in Buenos Aires but quite comfortable without the oppressive humidity of Iguazu. We went first to a small leather store where Laura was able to secure permission for us to visit the upstairs ...

... quelle que soit l'heure du jour ou de la nuit! On pourrait se croire dans un New York rempli d'espagnols, tout y est bâti en quadrilatères avec des sens uniques et des feux rouges à tous les carrefours. Il y a quelques monuments mais rien ne m'a paru vraiment exceptionnel. La Casa Jardin où je loge est un petit hostel qui peut héberger une quinzaine de personnes. Sur le toit, on peut y prendre le soleil à côté du grand barbecue, l'asado ...

... go to San Telmo feria. On the way, we learn that the taxi driver has a daughter living in Denver. We have met numerous portenos who have family in the U.S. We are left off on Defensa Street where there is only pedestrians today. The street is lined with vendors of all sorts - knives, wood products, jewelry, knit and wood goods, etc. There are also individual and groups of musicians. A silver pendant catches my eye. I am surprised that ...

... s big day is Sunday when there is an antiques & art/crafts market in the main square and the streets around aswell as various street performers to add to the atmosphere. The antiques market sold all sorts of stuff ... just about everything you could imagine was on offer such as records, clocks, bottles, watches, jewellery, ornaments, car number plates, antique tango signs , cutlery and much much more. It´s nice enough but for me it was just too heavily rammed ...

... property. Located on the gorgeous Pasaje San Lorenzo, this property is only 2,50 meters wide. Featuring an undressed façade, the historical value of this house lays on the fact that it stands upon the city as a reminder of Argentina’s past. According to the city historians, this property was owned by one of the many liberated slaves after the revolution of Independence in the early 1800s.

Not many people know ...