i'm working on consolidating my thoughts on Buenos Aires, both the place and the people. Let's start with... The Place Any big city is in a constant state of re-construction as buildings become old, tired and no longer fit for purpose. This is certainly true in BA, and especially in our Palermo neighbourhood. Here, many of the older [...]
On Saturday, we spent some time in our own neighbourhood of Palermo. We were looking for "MALBA", a museum of Latin American art, but we found "MNBA", the Argentine national art museum. We went in anyway. I was a bit underwhelmed; the collection is quite small, but includes pieces by many famous European artists (Rembrandt, [...]
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 [...]
