We have linked to a few web sites (below) in English which talk about the tango experience in Buenos Aires, but we’ve really only seen Tango in a few places. Cafe Tortoni (where they put on a show for tourists),…
Mendoza, Argentina: Wine trip to Mendoza
Wine, Wine, everywhere is wine in Mendoza, Argentina. We took the Andesmar bus company to Mendoza, and had an absolutely wonderful time there in Mendoza.
Vegetarian vexed while visiting Argentina
in Argentina, it’s a different story.Now I’m not 100% vegetarian. About 90% of the restaurants here do have an option for vegetarians. Because I don’t consider myself super strict when it comes to meat consumption, I can generally find a few vegetarian options (3 or more) on every menu, at least in the United States. Even a majority of the salads here contain some form of meat. three of the last four restaurants we ate in offered only one vegetarian option.
Buenos Aires Is Burning: Smoke Is Everywhere
Smoke in Buenos Aires from fires. But it is VERY smoky in Buenos Aires today. Seems that hundreds of thousands of acres of land are being cleared to the West and North of here. Carrie and I don’t smoke, but our apartment smells like someone smokes, and the visibility here is pretty poor at the moment. The smoke got REALLY thick last night, and has done some clearing today, and hopefully the fires will die down so that we can be without smoke once again.
Iguazu Falls, Hotel Esturion, and Puerto Iguazu, Argentina
The magnificence of nature is so easy to see when you look for it. However, at Iguazu Park and Iguazu Falls in Argentina, it’s impossible to miss. Puerto Iguazu, the town closest to the falls, is the kind of place…
Crazy Crunched Cockroach Continues to Crawl in Buenos Aires: Plus A Weekend In Cordoba
We had a cockroach in our apartment. It was big. Not huge, but big. I suppose this comes with living in a big city. But it was actually rather comical. I was sitting at the table in the main room,…
Buenos Aires: Galleria Jardin, The Botanical Garden Cats, San Telmo Market, and the Casa Rosada
What can you do in Buenos Aires? Well for computer parts there’s Galleria Jardin (AKA Galeria Jardin, a huge outdoor walking plaza and mall). For outdoors there’s the Botanical Gardens (make sure to see the botancial gardens Cats in Buenos Aires), and the San Telmo Market. Of course, no visit to Buenos Aires could be complete without a trip to see the Casa Rosada, where Eva Peron gave her famous speech(es).