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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,…
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Continue reading →: It’s Christmas time…
What exactly does Christmas mean to you? Apart from the family get together and the (religious or not) celebrations? When you live in the northern hemisphere, things are definitely different then here in the south. When I saw the first signs of christmas a few weeks ago my first reaction…
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Continue reading →: Fueron, son y serán
Yes I know, the Falklands (las Malvinas) are British, but the Argentines are convinced they were, are, and always will be theirs. It is even written in the Argentine schoolbooks. I always wondered if the Argentines actually believe that the Falklands are theirs. Every Argentine I have ever asked said…
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Continue reading →: La Casa de Los Secretos
Magdalena Ruiz Guiñazo is a Argentine journalist who has a column in la Nación and in Perfíl. She also hosts a radio show “Magdalena Tempranísimo” on Radio Continental, between 6 and 9 am. I came to know her as the writer of “La Casa de Los Secretos”, a book I…
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Continue reading →: Xul Solar
Xul Solar was born as Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari in 1887 and died in 1963. He was born in San Fernando Buenos Aires. He was educated as musician and architect. During the first world war he started painting and changed his name in Xul Solar (which means “the intensity of the…
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Continue reading →: Tigre
Tigre has always been a very popular destination for a day out of the busy and noisy city. It is situated in the Paraná delta in the north, about half an hour drive in car/train or collectivo (60). The name Tigre (tiger) comes from the tigers (jaguars) that were hunted…
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Continue reading →: Maria
Today is another national holiday, the last but one of this year. For those who would like to know, it is the remembrance of the immaculate conception of Mother Mary. This comes a bit as a surprise, because weren’t all the Christian holidays, apart from Christmas and Easter, abolished in…






