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Continue reading →: A package from Amazon
Or the ‘unpleasant encounter with Correo Argentino in Retiro’. There should be a manual on “how to receive a package from Amazon”. I had already heard that it is difficult, if not impossible, to receive package with other things then books : Import taxes are gigantic (50% or more). On…
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Continue reading →: V.I.PEAS (by Astrid)
The concert of Black Eyed Peas was an remarkable experience. There was that atmosphere hanging over the people that I had never seen before. In fact it all started at the long queue at the entrance. Although we arrived at half past six, which was quite early as it was…
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Continue reading →: Fruits are back!
I’ve been here more then a year, so bit by bit I am getting used to everything. Last year for example, I thought that in Argentina fruits (and vegetables) were scarce. You can always buy (one or 2 types) of apples, one type or pears, and oranges, but besides that…
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Continue reading →: Buenos Aires Photo 10
If you like photography, this exhibition is not to be missed. There are about 40 galleries from different countries participating. And again there is a Petrobras award. The works of the 12 finalists are found on the first flour. There you will certainly find a few works that you wouldn’t…
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Continue reading →: The streets of Buenos Aires
How are the streets of Buenos Aires? Watch this youtube video clip of Chayanne, a singer from Puerto Rico who is currently touring in Argentina. I absolutely love Chayanne, although my husband and kids absolutely dislike my love for him. Well my husband is probably just jealous (yes this guy…
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Continue reading →: It takes 2 to ….
Buenos Aires is tango paradise, right? Therefore it does not surprise me when people (mostly foreigners) ask me when I tell them I live in Buenos Aires “So you dance the tango?”. No I don’t. I am not a tango kind of girl (what ever that is). I am more…
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Continue reading →: Palacio Paz (Circulo Militar)
Palacio Paz was the home of José Clemente Paz (2 October 1842 – 10 March 1912) He was a statesman, diplomat and journalist, and also the founder of the newspaper “la Prensa”. He was born in Buenos Aires but had to move to Rosario because of the civil war in Argentina.…
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Continue reading →: Apples or pears ?
Although it seems very strange to me, here it is very common to put an Apple sticker on your car. You know, the sticker that you get together with your iPod or Iphone. I have always wondered what they were for. In Argentina they found the answer. They put them…
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Continue reading →: Monótono
I had heard that the friends of my kids say that my kids speak Spanish “monotonously”. Hmm, that comes as no surprise if you know what Argentine Spanish sounds like. A guy on the expat forum described it, and he couldn’t have done any better so I copy his text here…






