Discover Buenos Aires

The one thing every tourist guidebook recommends that you do when you come to Buenos Aires is to go to a Boca Juniors soccer game. Well, Sunday was the first time we had a chance to catch a match, and it was pretty exciting.  The crowd is completely fanatic and the singing and enthusiasm is something [...]

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While we love so much about Buenos Aires, we’ll be the first to admit that we have been less than enthusiastic about the sushi here. For a major cosmopolitan city, we expected more options and choices even though we realize that beef is the primary food here.  Luckily, our complaining about the sushi is now over.
Last night, [...]

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Like many expats, we’re here on tourist visas which are only valid for 90 days. Now, there’s a few ways to extend that time:

Head to prorrogas de permanencia at the office of migraciones and pay for a 90 day extension. The cost is $100 pesos and you can only do this once per 90 day [...]

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They certainly do things their own way in Argentina. We just wrote about the upcoming time change. (Argentina began observing Daylight Savings Time last year for the first time since 2000 and did it on only 4 days notice.) And now the government, after just declaring the entire country would be on the same time [...]

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We have a group of 30+ people meeting up for drinks tonight. If you’re around, come out and join us. It’s a good chance to meet some new people and relax after a long week. (more on that later)  Here’s the details:
Friday, October 17 - 9:30pm - 12:30am
Godoy
Paraguay 4905
esq. Godoy Cruz
http://www.restaurantgodoy.com.ar/
Hope to see you there!

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“Spring forward, fall back.” - Yep, it’s that time of the year again, and even though it’s October, it’s officially the start of spring in the Southern Hemisphere, so it’s time to move the clocks forward by one hour.  The time change happens this Sunday, October 19th, 2008 at midnight -the earliest it has ever occurred. This [...]

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Argentina’s Travel Guide is a site that I’ve had in my Google Reader for awhile now, but in recent weeks the site has really picked up the pace with a slew of interesting new stories and events happening in Buenos Aires (and beyond).  Here’s a quick description from their site:
Argentina’s Travel Guide is an online guidebook [...]

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(updated with new details)  The Argentine Post is reporting that the Argentine government is planning to require Americans and citizens of 115 other countries to pay for a tourist visa to visit Argentina. This would be in direct reciprocity for countries that charge Argentines a similar visa fee.  This fee will go into effect on January [...]

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Reuters is reporting that the Argentine peso has shrunk to its lowest level against the dollar in 5 1/2 years.  The peso slid 2.39 percent to 3.315/3.320 per U.S. dollar, its lowest point since January 2003. The peso has slid 4.65% this year so far.
So, the American economy tanks and the dollar gets stronger. I [...]

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Buenos Aires is known for a lot of things - tango, beef, architecture, etc.  They are not, however, known for their seafood. Salmon seems to be the most popular choice and in many restaurants the only choice. A salmon entree will also cost more than almost any beef entree.  And yes, you can always get [...]

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