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Continue reading →: Gay Parade!
I really cannot imagine I missed the this event! I but must definitely keep my eyes open for next year. Meanwhile you can read this article from Argentimes on this topic… Gay Day.
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Continue reading →: Ni en pedo!!
Is a typical Argentine expression that I love. Literally it means ‘not even if I’m drunk’, it’s a strong way of saying ‘never in my life’! Only a couple of days after Cristina’s reelection, her minister of economy Boudou took a few important measurements. On friday and Monday exchange offices…
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Continue reading →: Las viudas del jueves
This book, written by the Argentine Claudia Piñero was recommended to my by a friend in Belgium. It is the story of life in a “country”, also known as a gated community. Countries are very popular here. In the nineties they were mainly in the north of the city, but…
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Continue reading →: Ontheemd (uprooted)
I like the word “ontheemd”, and unfortunately there is no English word that has quite the same meaning. It took me exactly 2 years and 2 months to realize that I am “ontheemd”, or lets say uprooted. I had always expected that at some point of the day, the week,…
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Continue reading →: bici metamorphoses
I don’t know when exactly the metamorphosis took place, but I suppose it came gradually. Only a few years ago biking in Buenos Aires was considered the easiest way to commit suicide. That is understandable, if you know that there were no bike lanes, traffic is terribly chaotic in this…
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Continue reading →: Respect the silence
If you read my article about disciplined waiting, you might be surprised to see that there are limits to the Argentine’s patience. It looks like there are. It took me a while to understand what exactly was happening when waiting to pass the peaje on the highway. Why is it…
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Continue reading →: Freddie
Hernán Piquin is Freddie in the dance performance on Queen’s music. Hernandez is an outstanding Argentine balerin, who studied el Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón. In 1985 he is invited as honory student in the English National Ballet school and the June Ballet in France where he danced…
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Continue reading →: La Querencia
How on earth did she find this, is what you would probably say when you follow this recommendation and go for lunch or dinner in La Querencia in Monasterio. Monasterio is not even a town. Only 8 families live here in just a few houses next to la Ruta 2,…






