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Oct 25, 2023, 1:17pm · ☀️ 19 °C Altitude: 20 m
ArgentinaBuenos Aires F.D.La BocaMatanza River34°38’21” S 58°21’48” W
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Not gonna lie, at this point of time (and after what Bolivia did to our stomachs) we are rather tired - but what is a better place to calm down and spend a few relaxing days in luxury than Buenos Aires?! (Hola country number 11, by the way 🥳). So we rented a small but super lovely AirBnB for a week and simply enjoyed having our own space with our own kitchen and even our own balcony (!!) and enjoyed our time in what must be our new favorite city in the world.
Our apartement was located on the very edge of Palermo, the trendy and busy tourist-area of Buenos Aires. Even though the area is therefore busting with not-so-cheap eats and treats (but we‘re still talking about ~ 25% of Swiss prices, mind you 😉), it is very latinamerican regarding its presentation: Colourful, bold, artsy and a touch of shabbyness. Running around in gorgeous colourful alleys for hours, looking for good coffee? EXACTLY what we needed! 🥰
But it‘s not only the artsy streets of Palermo that we love, it was also the overall vibe of Buenos Aires - and that it has been a while since we‘ve been in a big, clean city, surrounded by all the luxuries we are used to from Swizzy, did certainly not lower our opinion and excitement to be there. The only disappointment of Buenos Aires: the food. As you may know, Argentina is very well known for their beef (definitely not the favorite country of vegetarians and vegans) and is the 5th biggest beef exporter in the world, and therefore the city is SWARMING with so-called Parrillas (traditional argentinan grill/steakhouses), but still we did not manage to get ONE really good piece of meat out of the city 😢 and we tried a lot!! (so much that even Gilles got fed up with meat at one point - imagine that!). But we will try again, you can be sure of that!
Apart from zhe quality of the meat and the prices, we were surprised how similar Buenos Aires seems to be to Europe, which also reflects in the inhabitants of the city: almost nobody looks very ‚latinamerican‘ (another stark contrast to Peru and Bolivia, where the Andean folks and their traditions are very visible and distinctive)! We later learned that this is due to a) the many immigrants from Italy and Spain that came to Buenos Aires/Argentina, and b) that in the past the government actively supported ‚white supremacy‘ by actively getting rid of people with darker skin (for example people with african roots and the indigenous people) and later - after too many people got aware of the governments‘ doing - by promoting interracial marriage to ‚bleach out‘ out the darker skin colours among its population… So, even though we did not get everything of Argentina‘s history as half of the museum was in Spanish only, it‘s safe to say that the country certainly has a darker past. Anyways, Buenos Aires is one of our absolute favorites so far and we can‘t wait to come back already!Read more
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Von aussen sehen die Dinger aber lecker aus. Aber ja: Ist nicht alles Gold, was glänzt...
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Und bi öis regt mer sich wege es paar Graffitis uf….
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Häsch es dir guet gah laa. Gseht fein us!
Traveler Isch tatsächlich s‘beste steak in buenos aires gsi😉