Category Archives: Argentina

We emerged from the Reserva Ecologica at about 1 pm and needed a taxi to get home. We walked over a block to a likely street, and sure enough there were taxis everywhere, coming and going. We stood for about 10 minutes, the longest we’ve ever waited in Buenos Aires, even though cabs were allContinue reading “Don’t look for a taxi at lunch time, Feb. 12, 2015”

We took the Subte=Subterranean=Subway from our stop (Boedo) to the end of the line near the Plaza de Mayo. We looked at the Peru subway stop adjacent, where there are supposed to be restored subway cars running. The tile walls and reproduction turn of the 20th century ads are ok, but not a big dealContinue reading “Peron continued, Feb. 11, 2015”

The cemetery doesn’t really belong to Eva Peron, and there are no signposts to her grave though there are signposts to the grave of others. It doesn’t matter because the tour groups flock to Evita’s grave. Though stories tell of heaps of fresh flowers at her crypt, though we saw only one fresh flower andContinue reading “Eva Peron’s Recoleta Cemetery, Feb. 11, 2015”

Many taxi drivers in Buenos Aires strike up a conversation immediately. They ask where you are from, why you are in Argentina and then go directly to why they drive a taxi, unemployment, taxes and politics. I’ve found some of them to be quite well-spoken. One man is a widower and drives a cab toContinue reading “Taxi Drivers in Buenos Aires, Feb. 11, 2015”

In Buenos Aires, everyone has an opinion about tango. The corner of Boedo & San Juan is home to two cafes that still exist, both of which claim to have hosted early 20th century tango stars.  

Buenos Aires is constantly changing. As in other cities, older buildings of 2-3 stories are being replaced with new ones that are 10-20 stories tall. The Argentine eoonomy relies on ranching, while farming is not as strong a tradition. We have found very few markets of the type that are present in every Peruvian town,Continue reading “Buenos Aires has many sides, Jan 10, 2015”

One of the distinctive structures in Buenos Aires is the widest highway in the world, Avenida 9 de julio that runs through the middle of the city, up to seven lanes each way. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9_de_Julio_Avenue Unfortunately for us, we rode up and down this landmark both directions while searching for the exit to the neighborhood ofContinue reading “Buenos Aires, Feb. 9, 2015”

Rio Cuarto to Rosario was a day of driving in the rain. We stopped to look at birds, but not much happened on the road. There are some unusual signs along the highway: I finally saw the nest of the national bird of Argentina, the rufous ovenbird, named for the shape of their nest madeContinue reading “Rio Cuarto to Rosario, Feb. 8, 2010”

We were hosted in Mendoza, by Carolina Lopez, who manages three apartments rented through AirBNB. Here are a few pictures: Best ice cream in Mendoza: Ferruccio Soppelsa

Argentina has many surprising works of public art and architecture. We passed a few of them along our way.  There were some unusual pieces of art, such as a gigantic ugly statue in a roundabout, a very large metal sculpture of a bicyclist by a bike path, as well as a stupendous new dinosaur museumContinue reading “On the road to Rio Cuarto, Feb. 7, 2015”