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My driver in Buenos Aires
7 października 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
This is apparently how I will find my driver in Buenos Aires. I can’t outrun McDonalds.
7 października 2023, Stany Zjednoczone ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
This is apparently how I will find my driver in Buenos Aires. I can’t outrun McDonalds.
ArgentynaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresColegiales34°34’6” S 58°26’31” W
8 października 2023, Argentyna ⋅ ☀️ 79 °F
I’m my first quest for pesos I found Embassy’s instead. Just one block from my apartment. I know one was the Philippines, and one was Malaysia. The street had lots of little guard buildings. Kind Czytaj więcej
ArgentynaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresColegiales34°34’14” S 58°26’30” W
8 października 2023, Argentyna ⋅ ☀️ 77 °F
These are my take and bake pizza options at the supermarket across the street. I’m not to sure about them but I will give one a try before I leave… which one should it be?
ArgentynaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresColegiales34°34’15” S 58°26’34” W
8 października 2023, Argentyna ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
Arrived safe and sound in BA. No immigration trouble except that the document I had to prove I had a place to stay didn’t have the address. So there was a moment of fiddle with my phone and the Czytaj więcej
ArgentynaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresColegiales34°34’15” S 58°26’34” W 8 października 2023, Argentyna ⋅ ☀️ 75 °F
After shopping and then finding out I needed my passport to use a credit card (more on why later) I realized that having cash would be a good idea. So, I sent myself money to Western Union (a legal Czytaj więcej
ArgentynaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresColegiales34°34’16” S 58°26’6” W
9 października 2023, Argentyna ⋅ ☀️ 81 °F
A nice breakfast then day 2 of the pesos quest. Western Union should be open (it’s Monday, but I thought yesterday was Saturday which is my own issue). The WU that is literally 94 feet from my Czytaj więcej
ArgentynaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresRecoleta34°35’47” S 58°23’40” W 10 października 2023, Argentyna ⋅ ☁️ 77 °F
El Ateno Grand Splendid. A converted theater into a bookstore. What a great reuse of a huge space. National Geographic magazine gave it theWorlds Best title and I can see why. The stage is a Czytaj więcej
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The boy and the bull on an island Am I close? What book did you purchase?
ArgentynaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresRecoletaPlaza Francia34°35’18” S 58°23’37” W 10 października 2023, Argentyna ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
I’ve been to many cemeteries, but this one is a different level literally, as what you see is only half of the space.
The most famous person buried there is Evita Peron. Everyone else, for the most Czytaj więcej
Podróżnik Need to do a little research, find out if you have any ancestors behind one of these doors.
ArgentynaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresColegiales34°34’15” S 58°26’35” W
10 października 2023, Argentyna ⋅ ☁️ 81 °F
Finally success! I was able to exchange USD for Argentine pesos. It was a good day. Can you guess how much I exchanged?
Podróżnik I think that 1k bill is worth about $3. I can see more than 10 of those big bill. So it's more than $100. I do not think you would cash out more than $200. So I'm guessing it's $140.
ArgentynaCiudad Autónoma de Buenos AiresPalermo34°35’10” S 58°25’29” W
11 października 2023, Argentyna ⋅ ☁️ 57 °F
I’ve done a few food tours in places but this one was amongst the top. Four restaurants all around the Palermo neighborhood and included wine, food and tips. I’m all about the wine, but I will Czytaj więcej
Podróżnik Nothing suspicious here.
Podróżnik Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain