Art Deco Buenos Aires

... underdressed in Buenos Aires, with a lot of women dressed so well. Another day we went to the Museum of LatinAmerican Art of Buenos Aires (MALBA), a very modern place with great stuff you'd never see anywhere else. They had an exhibition of Marta ...

... but the living, and the Plaza de Mayo campers continue to flight until they're granted war veteran status. Reserva Costanera  Buenos Aires sprawls along the banks of the muddy Rio La Plata, part of which has been declared a nature reserve. It's ...

... a hacerlos posar en posiciones del baile un tanto comprometedoras...pero, no obstante, divertidas! Para completar nuestras vacaciones en Buenos Aires, nos desplazamos hacia la ciudad de Luján a más o menos dos horas (en bus) de la ...

... I was able to stretch my short legs and sleep comfortably while the 6 foot something guy beside me was curled up like a pretzel.  Buenos Aires in late January is hot and humid with highs ranging from 32 to 27 Celsius. I was loving the heat on my ...

... to 40 hours up and about. Trust me sleep deprivation is not an integral component for happy wife soufflé. After touching down in Buenos Aires we grabbed our bags, snagged a cab and dashed for the Elefante Rosado (Pink Elephant). The ER was an amazing ...

... las Luces (tel. 11/4331-9534) organizes a variety of cultural activities during the week. Puerto Madero Puerto Madero became Buenos Aires's second major gateway to trade with Europe when it was built in 1880, replacing in importance the port at ...

... time out of the first world, yet being back in a developed city makes a world of difference to one´s attitude.  Buenos Aires is just an enjoyable place to have spent almost two weeks in doing very little touristy, yet still having a great ...

... and confident.  I was sure it would not last and I would be back to my normal unconfident erratic self. I was lucky that Buenos Aires had a competent subway system, which was easy to traverse.  I found a hostel at a nice quiet part of ...

... (see next entry), we returned to Buenos Aires for a final day. We started with a trip to MALBA (Museo de Arts Lationamericana de Buenos Aires). It is a wonderful museum, easy to see all the exhibits on one visit, with a nice variety of traditional and ...

... gardens, there is an obscene amount of dog poo scattered like land mines on the footpath and a large community of pot smokers. Buenos Aires is definitely a cool place to hang out. It’s a mixture of Paris and Barcelona, but in South America. ...

... of the city was in a growing light as it was with growing surprise and awe that we took in the sights around us. Buenos aires is HUGE!!!!.........What a city. Just as the americans have a twisted quaint view of Ireland as being the land of thatched ...

... quite warm so we wandered around the large park and artesania market before stumbling on the Centro Cultural de Recoleta where the free Buenos Aires Jazz Festival was warming up on the outdoor terraces. The reason we had returned to BA was for Glyn to ...

... Argentine born teachers from Sydney Karina and Fabian. We gathered for dinner at one of their favourite restaurants/ asador parrillas in Buenos Aires, La Chacra.  Of course I could only get through a couple of empanadas and the chorizo and the huge ...

... about US$6 on him. So-we are very careful and always have our hands on our belongings. We have adjusted pretty well to the Buenos Aires lifestyle, and have enjoyed getting to know the people and sites.  BA definitely has a strong European vibe, ...

... de la Recoletta. For about an hour and a half we wandered the maze of over-the-top mausoleums that house some of Buenos Aires' most prominent dead citizens. Among dead Presidents, doctors, generals, lawyers, and anyone else who thought highly enough of ...