Ibis Buenos Aires Congreso

... not by planning, just bad organisation on our part!). We settled ourselves in to a couple of spare seats only to discover that it was the last minute of the last number! Oh well&#8230; Rosa will be glad to know that we are continuing the tradition of arriving a day late or a week late as we always seemed to do in Australia.<br><br>We ate out that night Argentinian style, at 11.30pm, at La Poesia, an old café bar where poets, musicians and writers used to gather. It is very ...

... br><br>In this immigrant&#8217;s nation, wholesome of individualities that needed to find their way thru a new place and world of significances, the aid of psychoanalysis would greatly be appreciated. <br><br>No clear answers have arose regarding this matter, however, may be they are not needed&#8230; It&#8217;s just the way we are, like our mate, tango, grilling passion for meat and Latinized European feel of belonging to the world&#8217;s southernmost country. <br>

... missing out but I will explain so I can open up your mind to a part of heaven. You take a banana, keep the peel on, and slit it open vertically in order to make room to add chocolate chips inside. You can then add peanut butter or what ever your heart desires. You then wrap it up in aluminum foil and throw it on the fire to let the chocolate melt and become simply delicious. (Don&#8217;t you wish you could come to my bonfire event tonight ...

... also everyone else I have met who has ever been to Buenos Aires, with good recommendations from most (although I´m not sure I can count Lyndsay´s blog as a recommendation). Fortunately I got to see most of the city´s sights first time around (two months ago now), so in my last two days I hope to check off the few remaining things, including getting a taste of the infamous nightlife, before I ...

... streams. I just did one of the shorter boat trips (beware no English commentary, only on the longer ones). The whole area was very busy with locals taking a day out or rowers at the many rowing clubs. Worth doing, but not an absolute must do if your time is limited. There is a lot of worry here at the moment about Dengue Fever. In two provinces its reached epidemic proportions, but thankfully not any of the ones I visited. However ...

... a boca Jersey, so me wanting to be a bit different went and bought a River Plate jersey (the equivalent to buying an english jersey in Ireland)<br>On our last night we went to the famous Cabrera restaurant to have the best steak in buenos aires. It didnt fail to deliver. We had a great night and I made a pig of myself. I enjoyed Buenos Aires but was very happy to be going on to do the outdoors activities in southern argentina and Chile!

Arrived yesterday safe and sound after an 11.5 hour flight from Toronto - sailed through the customs, picked up a cab and made it to the Apartment by 3:30pm........spectacular 15th floor corner unit - chapeau to Serge (as always) who's countless hours researching the Trip found this place... We are in a trendy area very much like the plateau area in Montreal. Sunny and warm with about 28 Celsius. Went out to explore ...

Had the best night sleep last night!! In bed at 6pm, asleep at 6.05! Slept right through to 8am and woke up feeling good. Free breakfast at our hostel - cornflakes (i think) and a bread roll with ham and cheese. Justin had some creepy drinking yogurt on his cornflakes- maybe alpaca milk.... we´re not sure! Found an ATM to pay for our room - can still only pay day by day. Weather is overcast today but ...

... watching the street theatre performers and street tango dancers and jazz bands. We happen upon one tango dancer who is well into her 80s and still performing every Sunday here (complete with slit skirt and fishnets) we recognise her instantly as she is pictured on many of the postcards we have seen around the city. Many Porteños still think of the neighborhood as dangerous, based on crime dating back to the 1990s, but the gentrification has changed ...

... area. We are dropped off in front of the Movistar office and as we walk in a greeter with a blackberry in hand asks us what he can do to help us. And with such patience, he listens and we get across that we need a sim card - and no this i9 that we have, that looks just like an apple iphone is not an iphone. We wait for our name to be called, and this next customer service person speaks very little English also, but hand gestures and with the i9 in ...