Buenos Aires has been on yellow heat alert, reaching 38°C – 40°C high almost everyday since last week! It’s the summer here and that’s why this is the season when most of the Argentine city dwellers go South to escape the extreme heat. For those who are still in the city, staying inside with the [...]
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Many students get shocked in their first Spanish lesson when they found out that the only conjugations they felt confident about, don’t exist in Buenos Aires. I’m talking about their first contact with the “voseo”, the use of “vos” instead of the more familiar “tú” to address “you”. Basically, in Spanish we have [...] The 22nd of July 2010 saw the dawning of a new age for gay rights here in Argentina. The Chamber of Deputies approved nationwide same-sex marriage, which also included the controversial issue of adoption. This makes Argentina the first country in Latin America to allow same sex marriages and the second in the whole of [...] We all know Argentina is a football country, but really to what extent, only being here in Buenos Aires during World Cup could give you a glimpse of understanding of actually how serious football is to them. Let me share some of my observations when the national team was playing South [...] Four years have passed and the Football World Cup is upon us yet again. Locals expect nothing less than the trophy in the hands of the Argentine team. With head coach Diego Maradona and star player Lionel Messi, can the home team withstand the pressure and be victorious? Read more: “Will Maradona & Messi [...] Car lovers take notes! Starting from today till May 23, there will be a classic automobile rally, “el Rally Camino del Bicentenario”, in Salta and Tucuman in celebration of the Bicentennial year. 36 classic models will be passing through various touristic and historic routes, covering a total of 580km. You can read [...] The fast food giant, McDonald, has joined in the fun and launched a new burger as a way to pay homage to our Bicentennial anniversary. The Bicentennial burger has all the ingredients of a classic hamburger: beef hamburger, bacon, tomato, lettuce and mayonnaise. It may not sound very special but considering [...] 1. Medialunas: A versatile food that can be an entire breakfast meal, an afternoon snack, a complement to your coffee, and something to grab along the way to class, these delicious pastries are an Argentine staple. Soon enough, eating a medialuna seems less like indulging in a half-croissant (and the calories that come with it) [...] Argentina is inching ever closer to legalizing same-sex marriage. If it got through the Senate, it’d very likely to become law, and Argentina would be the first in Latin America to do so. Vamos a ver! Read more here. Isabel In three days, I will have officially been in Buenos Aires for two months. It’s not like I haven’t felt it coming, since that’s one of the first questions I get when striking up a conversation with locals: “How long have you been here?” It comes right after, “So, where are you from?” and “Do you [...] |
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