Category Archives: Buenos Aires, Argentina

There are statues in every park throughout the city, some more impressive than others, but all impressive in the commitment to commemorate historical figures. I am iron man Rowing crew statue complete with backpack Futbal tribute Inside the tip of the Obelisk out front of a modern art museum are four windows (with video screens […]

This article is a partial list from conversations I’d had years ago with Argentina native Claudia Link about what she enjoyed about Buenos Aires which I’d long forgotten until the moment I encountered the thing or experience she mentioned.  I added details I noticed from my experience of each phenomenon of what it’s like to […]

Used for 2000 years, Yerba Mate is only grown in a region shared by Argentina,  Bolivia, Uruguay, and Brazil. This small national museum had an impressive collection of gourds ranging from over 100 years old to modern, made of all manner of materials, gourds, hooves, metal, ceramic, glass, porcelain. These gourds pictured above have historic […]

Vertical gardens have caught on here as they have in American cities. There are many of the same standard plants in North American landscapes coast to coast as there are in Buenos Aires. People in the city with balconies typically have things growing. While marijuana is not legal here, I’ve seen two places with two […]

A 71% Catholic country, Argentina has been adopting more and more American consumer holidays as they lessen restrictions to enter the world market. In 1914 Argentina was among the 10 wealthiest countries in the world because of beef and grain export.

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In a city of 16.6 million, larger than any U.S. city, Buenos Aires has a robust and extensive transportation system of buses and subways. Zoe navigated us with her Google Maps expertise refined in New York City, using the app Como Llego in BA. This post is about the buses, I wrote a separate post […]

Our couchsurfing host said the rides are expensive and people complain about the cost of the rides, 2 pesos up to 6 pesos per ride. I calculated conversation rates and found an average 3 peso ride was 22 cents. In Neuva York, New York City, one ride is  $2.75, which is currently roughly 38 pesos. […]

On a perfectly gloomy day, we decided to visit one of Buenos Aires’ big attractions, the Recoleta Cemetery. Surrounded on four sides by city, the most notable are the TGI Fridays and the McDonald’s facing the high wall of the cemetery one side, which are part of the outdoor food court that is the Recoleta […]

This picture captures many facets of Buenos Aires (BA). Starting from the left, modern high rises next to centuries old buildings still occupied and flying the original flag. Graffiti is common and mostly words. BA is highly literate, there are many bookstores (and CD stores) and a QR code to an app for downloading library […]