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Continue reading →: Eva and Ricky…
Argentina is automatically connected with Evita. One of the typical reactions to whoever I say that I am living in Argentina -one I already get bored- is that they start singing “don’t cry for me Argentina”. Of course, that is the Evita everyone seems to know, the one of the…
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Continue reading →: Negativity
Coming back from a long trip abroad, I was struck by negativity. People complaining. Prices have gone up again, the import restrictions are really starting to show, and after winter holidays it seems clear that it is virtually impossible for Argentines to get dollars to travel. What will the future…
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Continue reading →: Elsa and Fred
I seem to have found my way to the Argentine movies, here is another jewel. Elsa and Fred. It is the story of Elsa, a woman in her late 70s, who talks too much, lies all the time but most importantly, has the spirit of a teenager. She does all…
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Continue reading →: Church of tango
One of my fellow-bloggers in Argentina, Cherie Magnus, also known as Tangocherie, has written down her memoirs. The books starts at the point in her life when everything changes. She becomes a widow at too young an age -early 40- and she finds herself alone, with 2 grown up sons.…
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Continue reading →: Silent protest…
This is not my first Cacerolazo, my first one was on somewhere in 2008, when K. took a few decisions to bring the agriculture (el campo), down. Protests were long, day after day, for weeks. Every evening at 8 pm people would open their windows, or just stand in front…
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Continue reading →: The White Elephant
El Elefante Blanco is the latest, very powerful (Argentine/French/Spanish) movie by Pablo Trapero, with Ricardo Darin, Jeremie Renier and Martina Glusman. It is the story of father Julian and (the Belgian) father Nicolas, who (among others) are trying to help the people that live in the villas (slums). From minute…
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Continue reading →: 1001 churches…
If you are religious, and for some reason you want to enter a different church every -let’s say- 30 minutes, assuming you have a car, the Flanders would be the place to be. Where ever you are in the Northern part of Belgium, if you leave a town or a…
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Continue reading →: Natural Colors
Although winter is definitely knocking at our doors right now, we are still in autumn, and in some places you can still see these lovely natural colors. This one is taken in Nordelta, a barrio in the north, with lots of water, lots of boats, but during the week (and…
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Continue reading →: What’s another year…
Why is a birthday so different when you live abroad? Back home you seem to be just like everybody else whose birthday is celebrated every year; they can hear or see you every day anyway, if they want. But when you are far away and missed, -even though they can…






