Archive for the ‘South America’ Category
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
"Abrir los ojos es perderte un poco," reads a scrawled note on the wall of a bookstore cafe in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The phrase, meaning "to open your eyes is to lose yourself a little," perfectly describes the experience of anyone traveling in South America.
If you want validation of this ...
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Thursday, February 2nd, 2012
On February 2, 1536, Spanish explorer Pedro de Mendoza founded the city he named Nuestra Señora Santa María del Buen Aire—Buenos Aires, Argentina. The new town was meant to spearhead the Spanish effort to colonize the interior of South America. It came less than two years after conquistadors had returned ...
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Why does a 49-year-old gay writer in Los Angeles pull up stakes and plan a big move to Buenos Aires next month? Is it a "midlife crisis" or does it cut deeper?
The writer is Trebor Healey. He's a novelist ("Through It Came Bright Colors"). He's a poet (Sweet Son of ...
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Empanadas may have originated in Spain (the Spanish verb "empanar" means to wrap or coat in bread) but it was in South America that their popularity grew, particularly in Argentina. Essentially a small, semi-circular pastry stuffed with various fillings, empanadas are deceptively easy to make.
Fillings vary from province to province ...
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Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Argentina is a a country where just about anything can be found. From a sultry street tango on a bustling street in Buenos Aires to the enormous whip-cracking sound of a house-sized chunk of ice falling from a glacier in Patagonia, Argentina is a land with something for everyone. Finding ...
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Monday, January 30th, 2012
'In Britain, the only time someone touches you like this, they're either your other half, someone you're about to get off with, or you're being sexually molested.
Waiting at the gate to board the flight to Buenos Aires, an awful sense of disquiet creeps upon me. I'm making a huge mistake. ...
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Friday, January 27th, 2012
“I HAD A flight back to New York after six weeks and I just simply didn’t take it, says designer Susan Kennedy of her impromptu move from the Big Apple to Buenos Aires two years ago.
For the Sandymount girl who left Ireland just weeks after her graduation in 1995, putting ...
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Wednesday, January 25th, 2012
A former torture chamber in Buenos Aires has been preserved as a memorial to the victims of a brutal, right-wing dictatorship
Hooded, tortured, handcuffed, chained by their feet to the wall _ that's the way prisoners at the Navy Mechanical School were kept at a notorious secret detention centre during the ...
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
For the month of January, I am taking an intensive language course with eleven other students. In February our regular spanish classes in Buenos Aires start, and about 70 more students will arrive. This past Thursday, our professor, Jose Maria, came over for dinner. We have two professors, but Jose ...
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Buenos Aires, Argentina, is well known for its booming arts scene. One way to experience the creative side of the city while also getting to enjoy the beautiful weather and outdoor scenery is through the myriad works of graffiti art that adorn the various neighborhoods.
Although many people may think of ...
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