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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 on their car. Is this…
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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 (thanks ‘Napoleon’!): “(1) I walked…
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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 admit, because I was told…
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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 are given by 9 different…
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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 very important art collector. Amalia,…
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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 not as if we didn’t…
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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 of course, although I try…
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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 same as French. Full of…
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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 has a cooperation agreement with…
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Tormenta de Santa Rosa (Storm of Saint Rosa)
I am sure it is a coincidence : good weather phenomenons are called after male saints and bad weather phenomenons are called after female saints. After the Veranito de San Juan, it looks like we are now getting the Tormentas de Santa Rosa. After the first spring-like days at the end of august, beginning of…
The Feel Good Way 