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Continue reading →: The Joy of Driving in Buenos Aires
I absolutely love driving in Buenos Aires. Although it looks very chaotic, in fact it isn’t : every car that is in front of you has the right of way. So in fact you must only look ahead, see what they are doing and anticipate. This means that you don’t…
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Continue reading →: Spring????
Did you also notice that the days are getting longer again? We had 2 or 3 weeks of ‘extreme’* cold which almost froze our ears and hands off, it was colder here then in Antartica ** . So I couldn’t believe my phone this morning when it told me it…
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Continue reading →: La Rural
At this moment, you can go to the 124th “La Rural’, which is a Rural exhibition, where livestock and horses are showed (but also cars, food, clothes,…). It is held every year in the buildings of ‘La Rural’ which are celebrating their centenario this year. This “exhibition Internacional de Agricultura…
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Continue reading →: Cariló
If you are considering to spend some time at the seaside, then Cariló is certainly a good option. It is located about 350 km from Capital, between Pinamar and Villa Gesell. Cariló is rather small, and has a ‘center’ of about 2 (short) streets, with lots of shops and restaurants.…
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Continue reading →: Un encuentro explosivo (or in English ‘Knight and day’)
A movie with Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz. I went to see it because I liked the actors, and when it started I thought ‘oh my’ : I really dislike these action movies where the ‘good guy’ shoots about everything that moves around him and he himself seems to have…
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Continue reading →: Argentina’s World Cup Loss and the Kirchners’ Future
I add a very interesting article about Argentine politics (the Kirchners) and footbal, published in the Argentimes on the 4th of july 2010. Argentina’s World Cup Loss and the Kirchners’ Future.
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Continue reading →: Veranito de San Juan (short summer of San Juan)
Did you notice how warm it is in Buenos Aires? People without coats, almost dressed in summer clothes and this in the middle of winter? But don’t panic, this is not the end of winter yet! (what a pity!)The winter is just cheating a little bit on you with this…
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Continue reading →: What I miss the most…
Next to the question “why on earth did you move to Argentina?”, this must defenitely be the most popular question. Frankly, I never really had an good answer to this one as I am not really thinking of my life here in terms of what I miss, but I prefer…
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Continue reading →: Vamos Argentina ! (or what Argentines do when they win the 1/8th finals)
I wonder, when they act like this when they have just got into the 1/4th finals, what will they do when they get into the 1/2th finals? I really look forward seeing them beat the Germans next week, and hope there is a lot more to come! Vamos Argentinaaaaa!
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Continue reading →: arteBA’10
The arteBA Fundación already exists for 20 years. Their intention was to bring (modern) art closer to the people. About 80 galleries participate in this event, with in total about 700 Latin American artist presenting their works. It gives galleries the chance to present new upcoming young artists to the…






