Hotel Amerian Congreso Buenos Aires

... traveling only 9 hours 45 minutes, and landing 45 minutes before the expected time. As soon as I exited the plane, I followed the signs to "Migración - Aduanas (Passport Control and Customs). While waiting in line, a tall, blonde guy, who immediately seemed very familiar to me, approached me and said, "Hey!" <br><br>It was Paolo, an Italian friend of mine from Houston, with his wife Deborah. I was surprisingly pleased to see two familiar faces on foreign soil ...

... felt to me like one of the things that Argentines in general are pretty good at is dealing with their past. I feel like Argentina as a nation has attempted to move forward from the very painful things that happened from around the mid fifties and lasted until 1983 without forgetting or ignoring those things. I&#8217;m sure it is an extremely hard thing to do. <br><br>One fun thing to see on the tour was a protest that sprang up in Plaza de Mayo. Plaza de Mayo is the ...

... four months ago so everything is designed in a very modern and attractive style. The rather nice girl on reception, Maru, told me all about the hostel when I checked in, then we took the lift up to my room on the third floor. I had a whole six-bed dorm to myself; the beds were large and comfortable with brand new mattresses and huge, cloud-like duvet covers; none of these ****** unwashed rugs other places give you that violate you in your sleep. Thee was also ...

... brass handles etc. Outside the cemetery is a lovely little market place to wonder through. Recoleta is a very upper class area and as such its really relaxing and peaceful to be there after the hustle and bustle of the city centre.<br><br>We also eyed out many steak houses and chose one as our own special "Welcome to Argentina" treat for dinner...There is something very rewarding about paying less than $50 for 2 x the most ...

... as adjusting to the time zone differences you need here to adjust to the fact everything happens much later in the day - nothing much gets going till about 1100, dinner is typically from 2200 and beyond and nightlife through the night from Midnight at the earliest. Its more extreme than Spain - I can adjust to the late dinners but I'm not up to the nightlife times. Its not unusual to find people having afternoon tea (often ...

Okay, so I change my mind. I think Buenos Aires is a great city with lots of charm and character. For all the grit that I saw walking from the bus terminal to the train station in Retiro, BA has as much glitz and glamour in Palermo and Recoleta (and is much more dynamic than Santiago). Since we didn´t make much of our first day in BA except for eating and checking out a bar in ...

... I must owe you some money", the real penny dropped. Giant Dutchman had inadvertantly led the concerned party of officials and host family members to the wrong club, without even realising he had done so once the search was over. <br><br>Upon return to the apartment, they found Chiquita safe and well in bed, probably dreaming of the guys she´d been flirting with in the Crobar the night before. <br><br>This night signalled the ...

... Its the first city where I can truly say that. That´s the European influence (you typically find only the people of quite similar appearence beautiful - I´m sure the Bolivian lads think the Bolivian ladies are very good looking and some are; most aren´t to European tastes though) - these people would blend in at home yet stand out because they are so good looking. But what rises this city above the mediocre (the sights are not outstanding) is the nightlife and how ...

... on the st....some of which were tinsel and confetti that exploded...others which were low-key fireworks...) After midnight in the st, everyone went wild and there were ppl playing drums and partying- partying that could only be likened to Carnival!! We heard there were also commercial streetparties happening, but we opted to go to our club, which BY THE WAY was called Èl Huevo`(or THE EGG!!!!!) We didnt go to sleep on New Years Day and at 8am we caught a 25 hr bus, broken up ...