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Great People Watching Spots in Buenos Aires

One of the impressions which the visitors of Buenos Aires always have is that the city pace here is very relaxed and has a “there’s nothing to rush” tone to it. One obvious way to tell is through the cafés which are always filled with patrons at any given time of the day, but you [...]

Spanish Creative Corner - Part 2

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 [...]

Spanish Creative Corner - Part 1

We are introducing a brand new section in our blog called “Spanish Creative Corner”! We are going to use this opportunity to feature some of the best works from our students who wrote and shared their thoughts about Buenos Aires in Spanish!

In this post, Caoimhe, Holly, Dana, Sean and Lee [...]

My First Real Contact With Tango

After spending several months in Argentina, I’m embarrassed to admit that I had my first real encounter with tango just last week. Yes, I had seen bits and pieces of tango — I had passed by a group class performing in a square in San Telmo, paused to watch dancers putting on an impromptu show in Plaza [...]

Buenos Aires seen with the eyes of an Argentine-born now living in Europe

I was born in the city where tango was born. I lived there until I finished my studies. I left Buenos Aires for a couple of years, partly pushed by my own desires of travelling and experiencing the world…

I came to Europe looking for new opportunities and the idea to develop my career. Here I [...]

San Telmo Sunday Market

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 [...]

Birth spot of our beloved Mafalda

May be I am a little slow or just didn’t pay enough attention, I just realized that the reason the cute little Mafalda statue sitting on a bench at the corner of Defensa and Chile in San Telmo is because she was born there! Well, of course, not literally at the street corner but she [...]