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Continue reading →: Jineteada
Sometimes when you see movement at the side of the street you just have to turn off and see what is happening. That is how we came to this “Fiesta Criolla”. Just make sure you always have your camera at hand…! A field full of trucks, people sitting around tables…
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Continue reading →: Pasaje Guëmes
Francisco Gianotti (1881-1967) is an italian architect who, after graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts in Turin, studied in Brussels, where he came in contact with the works and theories of the two founders of the ‘art nouveau’, Victor Horta and Henri Van de Velde. After that he went…
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Continue reading →: Friday the 13th
Yes, that’s today. Should we all stay inside? To me it’s has always been my lucky day. Well I have always been a bit of a rebel in these ‘rules’, and above that, I didn’t really have a choice. My house number used to be 13, and my phone number…
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Continue reading →: Books, books and more books.
When it comes to books in general and literature in specific, Buenos Aires certainly stands out. I am sure that everyone, even those that don’t like reading so much, know or have heard of Borges. Borges definitely plays an important role in Argentine history and literature. I am sure that…
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Continue reading →: Gran Premio República Argentina
It is said to be the most important horserace of the year. It was my first. Except from Ascot (on TV) and the (as far as I know) ‘would be Ascot’, Waregem Koerse (which I have never been to either), I know nothing about it. And even then, all I…
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Continue reading →: Hidden Streets
As Buenos Aires is a city in the ‘new world’ : it has a been build according to an architectural plan. It has a grid structure that is ever present, numbers jump per 100 each block, all very organised. Only here and there something went wrong and thus gave birth…
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Continue reading →: Stop the economy!
Whoever moves around on wheels in Buenos Aires, preferably crossing the avenida 9 de Julio direction Microcentro will, sooner or later (well actually, rather sooner then later), come across them. They are probably one of the most typical features of Buenos Aires : the piqueteros. Piqueteros are, according to Wikipedia…
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Continue reading →: Un Cuento Chino
The Argentine movie of today, is called “Un cuento Chino” by Sebastian Borensztein, starring Ricardo Darin (as Roberto), Ignacio Huang (Hun) and Muriel Santa Ana (Mari). Un cuento Chino means an untrue or made up story, this movie refers to the stories Roberto collects, as well as the story with…
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Continue reading →: U2 the biggest rock band on the planet…in BA
Buenos Aires is obviously a metropolis, 3rd world or not, ALL the “big ones” make this huge detour and organise concerts here. Rolling Stones, Rod Steward, Beyonce, Black Eyed Peas, Bon Jovi, Madonna… and of course U2, the biggest rock band in the world! Whereas in Belgium we sometimes had…






