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Continue reading →: Vamos Argentina ! (or how I experienced the first 2 games played and won, by my new home country)
As we were out of town we had no TV so we went shopping for groceries when Argentina started playing against Nigeria. Only the shops where they had a TV were open, and everyone was watching. Other shops were closed, without putting a note. It’s obvious why they were closed.…
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Continue reading →: Time for a “wePhone”? (via pretty/curious)
I just found out how the Reblog function works, and bumped into this article, which is so true! Many people ask me why we have moved to a third world country. Once being part of the first world, and now living in the 3th world, I realise that Jessica (see…
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Continue reading →: Le Croissant Français
Let’s admit it. There is nothing in the world that beats a good croissant for breakfast. But how hard is it to find a good one. Even in France they are not all good. But when they are ahhhh! Everytime when I arrive in Charles de Gaulle, the first thing…
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Continue reading →: La Olla de Felix
I found it ! I found it! I cannot believe it but I finally found the restaurant where I would and could go every day! The food actually has taste and it even tastes like home! It is called “La olla de Felix”, it is a very small and always…
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Continue reading →: Vamos, vamos, Argentinaaa!!!!
Even footbal haters like myself, we can’t get past it : The mundial is almost starting. In Belgium Footbal is the national sport, everyone plays or at least, watches it. The fact that Belgium plays really bad does not seem to matter at all. At every mundial or every UEFA, Belgians…
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Continue reading →: Politics
In Argentina, politics are undoubtly, the subject most spoken off. Everyone has his (mostly negative) opinion about the present government. From lawyer and doctor, to taxidriver and shopkeper, or just everyone you meet in the street. Mostly they just talk bad, and hardly ever talk about what should be done…
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Continue reading →: Is the Air in Buenos Aires Good?
Buenos Aires means ‘good air’ in Spanish, but does that mean that when the Spanish arrived here, they thought that the Air was Good? It seems like it! Also many friends or aquantancies of mine like to joke about that : “is the air good in Buenos Aires?”, they like…
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Continue reading →: Jardín Botánico (Cárlos Thays)
The Botanical garden is situated between Santa Fe and Las Heras. It is quite small, and compared to the Rosedal, it does not have this peace and quiet… the noisy traffic is very present. When I first visited it in 2003 it was neglected, I thought it was because of…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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…






