EZE Airport, Buenos Aires - Mon, 31 Dec 2018 - 9pm

We checked out of our hotel in Buenos Aires just before 4pm today. Ah, late checkout- a benefit of elite status with Marriott. But since we got back from our last bit of sightseeing around 1:30 we had time to kill before having to leave. So we took one last swim in the pool! I ❤️ elite status ( Read more... )

Plaza Lavalle, Buenos Aires - Mon, 31 Dec 2018 - 1pm

After our sightseeing in the Jewish Quarter of Once was mostly a bust we headed back toward the center of town to visit the Jewish Museum of Buenos Aires. Its website said it'd be open today. Long story short, it wasn't. It's volunteer run, and probably the volunteers took the day off as it's ( Read more... )

Abasto Shopping, Buenos Aires - Mon, 31 Dec 2018 - 12pmIt's our day in Argentina and we decided to... go shopping. ...Well, going shopping wasn't our first plan. Visiting Buenos Aires' Jewish quarter was, and we did that first. B.A. has a Jewish community largely descended from those who fled here to escape the holocaust. Argentina notoriously also ( Read more... )

Sheraton Hotel, Buenos Aires - Sun, 30 Dec 2018 - 11pm

It's our last night in Argentina and finally we made plans to eat at a nice Argentinian steak house. ...Well, okay, we made loose plans to do this multiple times the past week, but always something got in the way. Everything was closed for Christmas, or we were too tired, or we'd had a late ( Read more... )

Museo Evita, Buenos Aires - Sun, 30 Dec 2018 - 6pm

"You've seen the play, now see the country it's based on!" That's how I've felt about Argentina several times during the past few days as I've toured around Buenos Aires.


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Plaza Italia subway station, Buenos Aires - Sun, 30 Dec 2018 - 5pm

Yes, you read that byline (above) right- I'm inspired to write this blog in a subway station. And it's not because the subway is packed shoulder-to-shoulder and reeks of sweat and piss like it did during our trip Friday; it's because today there were moments of sublime beauty. And ( Read more... )

Dorrego Square, Buenos Aires - Sun, 30 Dec 2018 - 3pm

Today we went to the San Telmo Street Fair, a big and well known event every Sunday in and around Dorrego Square in the San Telmo neighborhood of Buenos Aires.

To get here we took the Subte (subway) again. Line C starts just across the park from our hotel, and there's a stop at Av. San Juan ( Read more... )

At the hotel in Buenos Aires - Sun, 30 Dec 2018 - 11am

We got back from Uruguay late last night. I'd say "back home from" except we're not really home. The fact that we took a one-day jaunt to another country when we were already halfway around the world is a bit wild ( Read more... )

Aboard a Buquebus Ferry in Rio de La Plata - Sat, 29 Dec 2018 - 10amWe're aboard a ferry to Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay, waiting to depart from port in Buenos Aires, Argentina. We haven't even left territorial waters yet and already it's been a day of ups and downs ( Read more... )

Buenos Aires Botanical Garden - Fri, 28 Dec 2018 - 5pmWe finished up our self-guided tour around Buenos Aires today in the city's botanical garden. I've got to say, I didn't find any of the flowers or trees interesting. I've frankly seen far better displays elsewhere, in signficantly smaller cities. But two of the sculptures in the park were ( Read more... )