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Rosedal, designed by Càrlos Thays.
I finally managed to visit the rosegarden, a part of the Parque de 3 de Febrero (Bosques de Palermo), designed by Carlos Thays (read my previous post about this landscape artist). Although the roses were at its end (or maybe they just suffered from the rain, I am (still) not quite used to the reversed…
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Colonia del Sacramento
A lot is said about Colonia; A lot of (perma-) tourists from Argentina go there for the day, and (as I am told) a lot of Argentines to get some cash. Some people say it is really nice, being UNESCO world heritage, but others say it is just boring and there is nothing to do…
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Grete Stern (Malba)
Today I went to the Malba. Some time ago there was an exhibition of Andy Warhol that was not really worth a visit, but now there is an exhibition of Grete Stern that is really good. She made photomontages with black and white photos that are really nice. She was born in Germany in 1904…
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Tigre
Having visitors from Belgium means it is time to act the tourist. As my mother has visited Buenos Aires a couple of times, she has seen all the ‘classics’ and we needed to get some alternatives. So we asked our friend José, (who happens to have a travel agency) and he gave us a few…
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Velas Sudamérica 2010 (Sails South America 2010)
Everyone in Argentina will have noticed. This year they are celebrating their 200th year of independence. There will be a lot of festivities this year, and this is one of them. Together with Chile, Argentina has organised this bicentennial regatta. About 12 beautiful old sailboats are participating in a tour in Latin America, and…
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The Weathergods are acting strangely.
Or so it seems. I used to come to Argentina quite often, but I have only been living here for the last 6 months. Since september it has been raining ‘a lot’ here. Let’s say once a week or at least once very 10 days. I thought, well, I suppose this is the ‘rainy season’,…
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El secreto de sus ojos
When we arrived in Buenos Aires about 6 months ago, there was a lot to do about this Argentine movie. El secreto de tus ojos. Big posters everywhere and a lot of publicity. Unfortunately as my family does not speak Spanish, we didn’t go to see it. But now it’s out on DVD with English…
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How about medical care ? (or 1st vs 3th world)
Only about one year ago I hurt my fingers while on holidays in Cannes, France. It was just a few days before I was supposed to go home and as I had already had experience with ER in the Cannes hospital I decided to wait to see a doctor until I got home. Only after a…
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Cárlos Thays, more then a landscape architect.
There is a lot to do about Carlos Thays, the landscape architect. Not only is his name mentioned quite often, now there is an exhibition in the Centro Cultural de Recoleta, that ends the 4th of december. In fact Thays was more then just a landscape architect. In Buenos Aires, through his parks, he designed…
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Which world is this ? (part 2)
Yes I knew this story was to be continued… I found out that there is something more important than communication. It is so fundamental that I never even questioned it. It is electricity. If in Belgium we were out of electricity they talk about it in the news. Here it seems to be something “annoying’,…