Discovering the city

We've spent five beautiful & sunny days here im Buenos Aires... We will fly soon to Montevideo (Uruguay).

After five days spent in Buenos Aires and many kilometers on foot through the city, we gradually got a picture of this interesting metropolis. What attracts us to this city: 1) the atmosphere with fulIl restaurants and cafes despite the crisis Argentina is facing 2) the food! Asado is not only a food experience, but also a cultural one.

On the negative side: 1) the economic crisis affects many aspects of everyday life. From a tourist point of view, the purchase of local currency and other payments are too expensive if made at the official rate. 2) pollution! Some local buses seem to use low grade diesel without a particle filter. Other drivers seem to train for Paris-Dakar rally.

English is very rarely spoken (mama mia! and that's just Argentina...). If they see you know more than ten words in Spanish, no one bothers to speak English. It's good that Rahel speaks B1 Spanish. Thanks to the basics I hastily learned in the months befor we left, I made substantial progress after a few days... My current problem is that I confuse Italian words with Spanish ones... :)Read more