Feel like getting your Wild West on? You’ve come to the right country. Argentina’s answer to the North American Midwest, the Pampas, is a vast plain that stretches to the south and west of Buenos Aires and covers some 800,000 square miles. It’s one of the largest fertile plains in the entire world. And as far as the culture goes, switch ranch for estancia and cowboy for gaucho and you’re already a long way to understanding this region. Maybe that’s because cattle and sheep are cattle and sheep no matter where you are in the world… (more…)
Every expat in Buenos Aires needs a checklist for entertaining guests when they’re in town – say perhaps a bottle of Malbec at El Federal, dinner at Desnivel, next day a stroll along Avenida de Mayo stopping for a coffee at Café Tortoni. Do you have yours yet? If not, here are some things that you might want to consider including: (more…)
While Brazil is the most well known for its Carnival celebrations, a lighter form of Carnival still exists in Buenos Aires.
This past Saturday night my Porteña friend called me up and asked, “hey, do you want to go to a Corso?” “Whats a Corso?” I asked. “You will see. Its Carnival! You might want to wear clothes that you don’t mind getting wet.”
After having some hamburguesas on the asado at my Porteña friend’s house in the barrio of Flores, we headed to the Corso around midnight 3 blocks away. Since my Porteño friends had told me that there was going to be lots of espuma (foam) at this fiesta , the first thing that crossed my mind was some type of techno fueled foam party at a nightclub. “Hey, it is Carnival right? Its not Brazil, but we are still in South America. A crazy foam party could be on the horizon, no?” Well, a crazy foam party was on the horizon, but not the kind you would expect….
It is a truth universally acknowledged that some of life’s frustrations can only be properly alleviated by taking up arms and attempting to mow down your friends (ideally in a non-lethal way). And that’s exactly what paintball offers, so the appeal is pretty obvious!
With the above in mind, I recently went with about 10 amiguitos, both Argentinean and expat, to TEGBall Paintball’s field of battle in Palermo, at Avenida Roldan 4440 (near the Planetario). (more…)
Most people are well aware of Tigre as a great day trip from Buenos Aires. I would take it a step further and say it is the perfect weekend trip. Either a two day/two night or two day/one night trip. I can’t think of a better way to escape the city and feel like you are in a whole other world while being only an hour away. The idea is to rent a Cabaña in the river delta, preferably as secluded as possible. While there are many options to choose from, a lot of Cabañas are located on some of the main river channels, busy with boats, less clean water and more people. Try to find something that is as far away from the town of Tigre as possible. The Via Tigre website provides the location of each Cabaña complex it lists. I chose to stay at Perikos because it appeared to be the farthest away from the city as possible. I was right.
Since most porteños have neither the time or the resources to take extended vacations during the summer, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires decided it would bring the beach to the city. CalledBuenos Aires Playa, the city debuted “urban beaches” last summer complete with sand, volleyball courts, cooling stations and soccer fields.
Since the beaches were such a hit last summer, the city has added more beaches for this summer season. The beaches will be open Tuesdays thru Sundays until Febuary 28th.
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