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June 28th, 2008

Destination: Buenos Aires

Brendan

The Global Nomad

This overview is somewhat tardy—I meant to put in a summary of Buenos Aires as a city, but was so intimidated that I ended up getting excited enough that I posted a review already.

I should come clean right at the beginning: I love Buenos Aires. For some time I have wanted to move here. SO the truth is, I just can’t find the right words to explain in a quick entry exactly why I love BA. It certainly could be the food—repeatedly, almost every day, I have a meal I am passionate about (as long as you eat beef!) It could be the incredible style of the people—Italy with a Latin flavour. It could be the prices, which amount to about one third of North American prices, allowing me to live like a king for the same pain as normal life at home. Could be the legendary nightlife, or the fact that they eat at times I am actually hungry (11:30pm seems like a completely normal time to go for dinner), or the romance of tango in the streets. Hell, it could be the famously beautiful women (ok, and men, fine).

But in the end, it’s all of the above, and so much more. Every great city that people love to love, whether it be Paris, Barcelona, or Rome, is as much about a feeling, an atmosphere, a light—something intangible. BA has that magic, and the only way to know what it feels like is to go.

Tags: Argentina, Buenos Aires

3 Responses to “Destination: Buenos Aires”

1. woody Says:
   June 30th, 2008 at 7:45 pm
   

   What Abha Malpani told about your blog is really true… Your writings are fun
   and the images are outstanding…

2. Jeff Says:
   July 2nd, 2008 at 9:48 am
   

   Well, you’ve inspired me to go to Buenos Aires! Are the prices really that much lower in BA than they are in the U.S.?

   I’ve always been so intrigued by Tango, so i’d love to see some people performing in the streets.

   I met a couple of people from Buenos Aires and Cordoba, Argentina a couple months ago at Chichen Itza in Mexico, and their Spanish was VERY hard to understand, but it was especially due to all of the different words they used that I did not know at the time. Do you find people in Buenos Aires hard to understand? It seems like it would be a great Spanish regional accent to learn and get accustomed to.

   Hope you’re having a blast!

3. Mark Evans Says:
   July 2nd, 2008 at 12:06 pm
   

   Glad you enjoyed BA. Given this my wife’s home town, no doubt we’ll have to visit soon!

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