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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…
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Continue reading →: How about the Argentine ice cream?
Some people put “ice cream” in their top 5 of things they like in Argentina. I never did. I had only eaten Freddo once in a while, and really, I didn’t think it was worth putting on wheight for. So why Freddo? Why not Volta or Persicco? Well I must…
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Continue reading →: Chopin (Festival Internacional Chopiniana 2010)
200 years ago, Fryderyk Chopin was born in Poland, as the son of a Polish mother and a French inmigrant. He was virtuoso pianist and composer, and one of the greatest masters in Romantic music. The Fundacion Chopiniana organises a piano festival in Palacio Paz. A total of 9 concerts…
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Continue reading →: Museum Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat
In 2008 a new museum opened its doors in Puerto Madero. It is called “coleccion de arte Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat”. Also known as Amalita Fortabat, she is considered to be the ‘richest woman in Argentina’, and one of the most successful businesswoman of the country. She is also a…
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Continue reading →: Why on earth am I still in Argentina, one year later?
This is not just my first year in Argentina, this is also my first year living in another country than my home country. In fact I have always lived within a radius of 15 km to the place where I was born. So yes, moving here was something. It was…
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Continue reading →: Belgian Weather
Did you guys here in Argentina, notice the weather? I am sure you have : for the 3th day in a row is is grey/cold/drizzling-with-every-now-and-then-a-downpoor. It is supposed to last for another 2 or 3 days. I have taken out my Damart again, my boots and wintercoat. And my umbrella…
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Continue reading →: Club Francés
We had read in some magazine, that Club Francés has been restored and renewed, and that the restaurant is supposed to be good. The combination of ‘French’ and ‘good restaurant’ made it a must for us to try. After all, Belgian cuisine is, apart from a few regional dishes, the…
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Continue reading →: Cosi Fan Tutte (Mozart)
It looks like I am only just starting to get to know the Buenos Aires cultural night life. I went to this rather small but nice theatro Avenida (on avenida de Mayo), to see another Opera. This time it was Mozart’s Cosi fan Tutte. The Royal Conservatorium of The Hague…






