Food — Part III: Eating Out
Going out to restaurants is, of course, a central part of any foreign culture, each of which has its own customs and etiquette regarding eating out. Depending on the restaurant, […]
Monthly Archives: July 2012
Play-by-Play of a Typical Saturday Night in Buenos Aires
5:15pm – My friend and I chat on facebook, and decide what we want to do for the rest of the evening. We decide to head to the Galileo Planetario […]
Books
Porteños must love reading as much as they love coffee — book stores here are almost as common as cafés. Some seem to specialize in old and used books, while […]
Food — Part II: Traditional/Typical Foods
An alfajor Here is a run-down of the most traditional and typical foods and drinks of Buenos Aires: Food: Pizza: Pizza is actually perhaps more common in Buenos Aires than […]
La Casa Rosada
Finding things — preferably cheap things — to do on Sundays in Buenos Aires is a bit of a challenge, as most everything is closed and the people seem to […]
Colonia, Uruguay
A few weeks ago my two friends and I took a day trip to Colonia — a (very) small town on the coast of Uruguay, about an hour ferry ride […]
The Music of Buenos Aires
La Bomba de Tiempo I´ve had the opportunity to see two music-themed shows so far: a live drumming performance and a tango concert. The drumming show was called “La Bomba […]
Theft
I was warned by several people before I came here to be very careful with my belongings, as theft is a major problem in Buenos Aires. Obviously, I heeded their […]
