When you look on an Argentina map, you’ll see that Buenos Aires is a city right next to the water, and you’d have thought that this would be a city where people eat tons of seafood and loads of beaches along the coast to enjoy. Unfortunately, while Buenos Aires has many things to offer, seafood [...]
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Travel guides are great and useful but only to a certain extent. They cover all the possible must-see’s and must-do’s that you don’t even know what is really worth checking out anymore. Not to mention, the used-to-be cool spots might have turned into a tourist trap without the proper ‘evaluation’ in the [...] The City of Buenos Aires has made October 26 el Día de Los Cafés (Coffee Bars Day), a day to commemorate the rich cafés (coffee bars) culture and heritage in the city. This particular day was chosen because it was the inauguration date in 1894 of the current entrance of Café Tortoni, the oldest café [...] So you thought it was almost impossible to move with your family from your native land to Buenos Aires, have a late night out without the kids and manage to tell all you did in Spanish? Jared, from the United States, showed us it is totally doable! He was almost an [...] August is Tango month in Buenos Aires because we have the annual Buenos Aires Tango Festival which takes up most of the month, and also the world recognized Tango dancing competition, Mundial de Baile 2011, which attracts hundreds of tango dancers from all around the world to come to Buenos Aires to compete [...] I wouldn´t by any means call myself a wine connoisseur. Far from it. But this is wine-rich Argentina, and I do enjoy drinking wine but don´t usually have tons of money to spend on it. I always find myself in my local chino (supermarket usually run by Chinese descents) gawking at the [...] Muchos alumnos de Vamos Spanish me preguntan seguido dónde pueden escuchar bandas locales o internacionales en Buenos Aires. Hay muchas opciones y para todos los gustos -aunque el número se redujo muchísimo después de la tragedia de Cromagnon – No todo es tango en Buenos Aires, y algunos de mis lugares [...] Each Sunday in Buenos Aires, the San Telmo feria spans a nearly mile-long stretch of Calle Defensa, beginning at the iconic Plaza de Mayo and culminating in an antiques flea market at Plaza Dorrego. Vendors pack the cobbled streets of Defensa and crowds of tourists and Argentines browse through the goods, picking up items here [...] Thursday, March 24, don’t expect to go to work, to class, or shopping- it’s a national holiday, and a big one at that. Known as el Día de la Memoria, the Day of Memory, it’s not your run-of-the-mill recognition of some old battle. In fact, pretty much anyone over the age of 30 can remember [...] It’s St. Patrick Day today! For those who have been looking forward to this very day, you probably have made plans already. But for those who just woke up in Buenos Aires and realized the occasion, no need to worry because like many other awesome cities, we celebrate it here too! Tonight, the city is closing [...] |
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