After a week of Level 1 Spanish instruction at Academia Buenos Aires, I couldn't be more pleased. The school is located just off the Plaza de Mayo (pronounced "Plaza day Masho"), in the two top floors of an old but well maintained building. Unfortunately, the traditional metal-grate elevator has been under repair during our stay, [...]
Category: Argentina
Nuestros aventuras en Argentina
The Curious Incident of La Gota at Lunchtime
On Wednesday, Heidi and I had an extra hour of classes in the afternoon, to make up for the time we missed because of the Día de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia. So we looked for a place to have some lunch. We came to a busy spot called "San Fransisco La Gota", [...]
Just another dia in BA
Today was a pretty normal day in Buenos Aires. We took the subte to la escuela in the morning, but were told that our instructor Paula had called in sick. Another instructor would be available at 2 pm. So we came home for a few hours. We returned to the Academia, for our class, then [...]
The Pope’s Place
Just a gallery of posts from the Cathedral in Buenos Aires; you know, the place where Papa Francis used to hang out. Of course you can take a Pope Tour of the city now, and see, among other things, where Francis used to buy his daily newspaper. Go to the next post: Just another dia [...]
Dólares
On martes, I completed my first "blue market" transaction since arriving in the country. Most of the advice I read before coming to Argentina suggested bringing US$, and exchanging for Argentine pesos once on the ground. Banks, here and in Canada, and credit cards will exchange at about 7 pesos/US$ which is a hefty discount [...]
We didn’t hear a thing.
One dead after shootout in City downtown. This was one just around the corner from our escuela yesterday. Go to the next post: Dólares
BAM
Its was a long weekend here in Argentina, because its Día de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia (Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice) in honour of the many thousands of people who disappeared during military rule in the 70's and 80's. Ceri quipped that it's odd that they chose the day the [...]
Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires
Today is the 24th of May, and its Día de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia (Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice), to honour the victims of the Dirty War during the military dictatorship in the 70's. More on that later. But first, we went to the Jardín Botánico Carlos Thays de la Ciudad [...]
Ceri
This afternoon we went for a half-day walking tour of the BA city center with buenostours.com What a great introduction to the city. The afternoon we spent with Ceri didn't feel like a tour at all. It was more like we spent the time with an old, very knowledgable friend. As we wandered through the streets, [...]
Settling in
In case you're wondering, the flight was long, but uneventful. We arrived late in the afternoon yesterday, and met up with the owner of our departamento, Ceferina de Jesus Ortiza. It's a really cool, traditional apartment in the Palermo neighbourhood. High ceilings, tiny cage-style elevator, that sort of thing. Here's a couple of shots of the [...]
Why?
For anyone who wonders why we chose to spend a month in Argentina, here's a list. Over the past few years, I didn't use my allotted vacation days (I know, "Stupid"), and my accumulated carry-over was up to 17 days. Then the bank brought in a new "use 'em or lose 'em" policy, and I [...]
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