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Continue reading →: Don’t pack!
Did it ever happen to you that, by postponing packing, you hope the day of your departure will not come? Unfortunately it is all just an illusion, and you will only be stressed out at the last minute, as your plane does not wait. Now that the weather gods have…
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Continue reading →: Some pictures
Although it seems as if the whole city is empty and sleeping, there is still some movement. Especially if you like photography, there is an not to be missed exhibition in the centre. 320 photos taken by 220 female artists from all over the world can not only be seen,…
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Continue reading →: Paralysed
I have been receiving complaints for not having posted anything lately. It is just that not just my body, but also my brains seem to have been paralysed. Paralysed from the constant heat. The weather has been “exceptionally stable” (read : hot) for the last few months, and it’s even…
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Continue reading →: TinTin has arrived in Argentina
Did you know that TinTin is Belgian? He is! He comes from the French, southern part though, not the Flemish part where I come from, although many Flemish (including my own kids) thinks he does. Fortunately, apart from French, he speaks very well English. At least if you go to…
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Continue reading →: Gauchito Gil
Today is Gauchito Gil day. Did you ever wonder who or what those red ribbons at the side of the roads are for? Well, they are places to worship this saint, to ask him for favours and to let him know what you will do in return. Although he is…
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Continue reading →: This must be it!
Yes. This morning, just for a second while preparing for tennis, I panicked looking at the weather forecast. For a second I considered feigning sickness as an excuse to cancel my class, but then quickly dropped the idea. In order to have my hour of tennis I had kept my…
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Continue reading →: Capilla de los negros
Today it is hard to imagine that one day their was a vast number of black people in Argentina. During the 18th and 19th centuries, in some provinces, like Santiago del Estero and Catamarca, even half of the population were of black slaves. In 1810 in Buenos Aires the…
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Continue reading →: Dakar in Argentina…
Dakar, formerly known as Paris-Dakar, is a off-road rally for cars, trucks, ATV’s and motorcycles. Originally it went from Paris to Dakar, but in 2009, after security problems in Africa they moved the race to Latin America. The location changed, the name remained the same. It was good news for…
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Continue reading →: Ostend Copy Cat
As a Belgian it is of course impossible to ignore the existence of Ostende. Not the one at the Belgian North Sea Coast, but the one in Buenos Aires, Argentina, next to Pinamar. We visited it the first time we came to Argentina, in 2003. Our friends had warned us…
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Continue reading →: Carlos Cruz-Diez
Until the 5th of march 2012 there is this beautiful exhibition of this great artist in Malba. I absolutely loved his work. Beginning with paint only, then adding carton, then using plastic and other material. It is as if the images in the works move as you walk past them,…






