Susana Just B&B Buenos Aires

... me of Moscow, but the culture is like Rome or Italy. There are thousands of cafes where people sit for hours... Having said this, different neighbourhoods have very different feelings to them.

On my first day, I explored Centro. It's full of people at all times of the day and night. In BA, if you want to go boozing, the custom is to sleep for a few hours in the evening, start boozing about midnight, go out about 2am and head home after ...

... the plaza de mayo and the waterfront area - Buenos Aires is a very pleasant city just to wander around. Imagine the diritest, most graffitied European city in the world, then triple its size to half of the population of Australia.

Our second day we thought we had jetlag sorted. After an early night, we awoke refreshed and ready to go... at 4am. Maybe not. We spent the day in Recoleta, one of the wealthiest suburbs in BA. First and obvious stop was the cemetery ...

... Great... So then I had to go back into the airport to the international connections area and I was starting to have a big stress about what was going to happen to my baggage. I thought I would just speak to the Aerolineas Argentinas staff at the departure gate so they could help me. But when I got through to international connections, my flight was displayed on the screen, departing at 0730, but the ´Gate´ column said ´Previsto´, which ...

... San Lorenzo. This is a local match between two big cross town rivalries ( there are 6 teams i think in the city alone). I had bought a package thing from my hostel to go because althoguh Boca is close, they played at the San Lorenzo stadium which is one of the worst parts of town. Pakcage was pizza/beer/ride to and from and seats for $230 pesos (about US$70). Not too bad compared to a US footbal game, and ...

... com.ar/ I mean, it was like fasting for a weak and then walking into a banquet hall.. I couldn't get enough! It was excruciatingly difficult for me to stop myself from monopolizing them with my questions. In the end, only two other people remained in the tour. But who cares.. survival of the fittest, I say.. in this case, survival of the most inquisitive. The tour starts with a documentary ...

We were met at the airport by and transported in comfort to our waiting ship. This was a new leg so there were about 1500 passengers getting off and an equal number being processed to board. We were very much in need of an afternoon siesta after our journey from Iguazu and were expecting a quick boarding because all of our necessary documentation had been processed before we left the ship in Rio de Janairo. Mr Murphy ...

... leaving the other guys to carry on partying, it had been a long day for us after the overnight journey from Mendoza the previous day. Day 25 - 31/01/09 Due to arriving back at the hostel at 6am this morning, I didn't wake up until the mid-afternoon. No cultural sightseeing done today for obvious reasons. Walked to Palemo Hollywood for another night out, it's a Saturday night, would be rude not to go out in Buenos Aires on a Saturday night. We walked the 8km from the hostel to ...

... would be forgotten and replaced with lunch. If anything. Elbo and I were so stuffed that we went for a long walk with nowhere in mind. When we happened upon the unmarked (and Jessica recommended) Bar 878, we stepped inside and found a super chill lounge with rows of portenos and bottles of hooch. We studied the menu, but our full bellies protested and we elected to save the bar for another night. We stepped back into the night and continued on our journey...destination unknown.

... housekeeping and to the concierge, are helpful and friendly. Just great! We highly recommend the Art Suites (http://www.artsuites.com.ar). We stayed at the Art Suites for 5 nights and then 2 nights on our return from the Lake District. You can get a feel for the Art Suites and neighborhood from our photos ...

... stadium was probably only 90% full, and the atmosphere got going at times, but it was still a bit disappointing to be honest.



Don't get me wrong, it's a great little stadium and the game was pretty good, but the crowd was much less noisy than I'd expected. In fact they were decidedly well behaved!

Maybe it ...