Having a pretty chilled week, trying to wind down from the chaos leading up to my departure, so nothing planned till Sunday when I go to my homestay family.  I have met up with Dan a friend from London who co-incidentally has quit his city job for an extended trip to S. America at about the same time as me. The hostel I'm in is a fiver...

Buenos Aires has a great Museum for children. It basically shows how various business work. Kids could learn about banking, factories, construction, TV and radio, super markets, the milk industry and yes...even fast food restaurants. During the visit Matt loaded and unloaded building materials, was a TV performer as well as working behind the ca...

It is hard to believe that tomorrow I will be celebrating two and a half months away from the United States. While all is well and getting better each day here in Argentina, I won't lie and say that when I was casually watching "Commander in Chief" last night and Geena Davis was kayaking on the Potomac I didn't peel my eyes for a glimpse of Heal...

So we are finally here: destination number 1. The trip here was a trip in and of itself. We arrived at the airport at 4:45 AM and our flight was cancelled....lovely 6 hour layover in edmonton. I was feeling better as soon as we hit the airplane, because it finally felt like we were going somewhere. The flight was cramped and boring, and then we ...

Back to Buenos Aires For some sight seeing and partyin. The next day we head to Mar de la plata.

Vor unserem Aufbruch nach Patagonien wollte ich unbedingt noch einmal Palermo gesehen haben, bzw. wenigstens eines der vielen Teilviertel, die zu Palermo gehoeren, wie man ueberhaupt sagen koennte, dass Buenos Aires eigentlich auch Palermo heissen sollte, so gross, dicht bevoelkert und abwechslungsreich ist dieses Stadtgebiet ehemaliger italieni...

Lieber Reiner, La Boca haben Sebi und ich nur waehrend einer City-Tour besucht. Im Grunde sahen wir dort nur zwei Dinge: El Caminito und das Boca Juniors Stadion (Diego-Maradona-Gedaechtnis-Kessel oder La Bombonera, d.h. Pralinenschachtel). El Caminito ist die konservierte Erinnerung an die armen italienischen Einwanderer, die aus Wellblech, Hol...

Lep pozdrav iz 14 milionskega mesta. Res je ogromno in ce ne bi imela nasih argentinskih Slovencev (sestricne mihovega oceta in njihovi kolegi) bi se ze zdavnej zgubila. Kdor zivi v Ljubljani je lahko srecen, da zivi "na vasi"! Mesto kot samo je precej umazano, jug je zelo reven (geto) sever pa bolj bogat. Stare stavbe so v kolonialnem stilu pob...

After a late buffet breakfast we headed off down De Julio Avenue towards the Obliscoe. We passed a churrasco styled restaurant viewing meat cooking over hot coals through the large shop front window. We continued down De Mayo Avenue until we reached Del Congreso Plaza. Here was the National Congress building, statues and a park. In the park ther...