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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…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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…
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Continue reading →: 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,…






