Argentina
What we’re eating in Buenos Aires — not just steak!
I couldn’t figure out when the best time would be to post about food because there’s a continuous influx of more and more delicious stuff. This usually goes for any city we travel to or live in, but particularly here with all our free time, we’re constantly mapping out our next meal, geeking out to … Continue reading
Learning Spanish in Buenos Aires: Like speed dating, but harder
There were two dilemmas that arose from renting an apartment in Buenos Aires: How would we meet people and how would we improve our Spanish (with the growing number of English-speaking expats with meet each day). Since Peru, my Spanish has gone from rapidly improving to virtually nonexistent. I credit that decline mostly to the … Continue reading
Random musings on Buenos Aires: Bums, child thieves, gym instructors and more
Some stories aren’t worth entire blog posts but that’s not to say they’re not worth mentioning. Here, a few vignettes from recent Buenos Aires life. There is a homeless local man who has set up shop on one particular corner on the edge of our neighborhood, Palermo. But he is the most hooked-up bum I’ve … Continue reading
When the nagging life questions bug you on the road…
It’s hard to believe that it’s already been three weeks since we plunked down in Buenos Aires. In that time, we found a beautiful apartment, visited the famous Sunday San Telmo market, tried pizza at one of the city’s most famous pizzerias (it wasn’t that good), toured the Recoleta cemetery where Eva Perron is buried, … Continue reading
La Bomba de Tiempo: Buenos Aires’ coolest attraction
On Monday night, Eaman and I partook in a porteno (slang for Buenos Aires locals) tradition and hit up the weekly percussion jam session known as La Bomba de Tiempo. The 17-member group, whose music sounds like a mixture of Latin, African and dhol music, plays in an open-air space in the city with a … Continue reading
Celebrating Eaman’s (belated) birthday at an Argentine estancia
Eaman’s birthday was in September, and this year, he celebrated solo — albeit with tons of new backpacker friends — in Italy. Since we had just one day together in the States once he got back, I knew my gift would have to be on the road. Good thing, because, to be honest, I didn’t … Continue reading
Fitting into Buenos Aires society, one cafe con leche at a time
Before we decided to travel to multiple countries in this year, Eaman and I had first planned to leave New York to spend a year in just Buenos Aires. It sounded dreamy, but we actually didn’t know much about the city except that it’s big on steak and red wine and that it’s known as … Continue reading
Living in Buenos Aires: From one SoHo to another
We had read and soon figured out for ourselves that South America is not the kind of place where you book things in advance. It just doesn’t work that way. So when the task of finding an apartment in Buenos Aires came up, we knew that hunting in person was the only way to go. … Continue reading