{"id":3172,"date":"2015-03-19T21:10:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-19T20:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/?p=3172"},"modified":"2025-10-16T15:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:31:30","slug":"one-month-in-buenos-aires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/life\/travels\/one-month-in-buenos-aires","title":{"rendered":"One month in Buenos Aires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This year&nbsp;I escaped the Dutch winter, taking advantage of my <em>digital nomad<\/em> status, moving&nbsp;to Buenos Aires, &#8211; a city I was curious about&nbsp;for&nbsp;a long time.&nbsp;I spent a total of two months in Argentina, the first in the capital and the second traveling around as&nbsp;it would have been a pity non to use the opportunity to&nbsp;see more of this beautiful part of the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below a report of my&nbsp;month with random thoughts and hopefully useful tips&nbsp;to <strong>plan your own<\/strong> month in Buenos Aires!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preparation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Flying in<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I got&nbsp;lucky. <del>The Universe manifested<\/del>&nbsp;My friend Laura informed me of an error fare on the website everyone interested in traveling should follow: <a title=\"Holidaypirates\" href=\"https:\/\/www.holidaypirates.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">HolidayPirates<\/a>, in the Dutch version <a title=\"VakantiePiraten\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vakantiepiraten.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\">VakantiePiraten<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I got a return ticket Amsterdam-Buenos Aires, with short transfers&nbsp;in Munich and Sao Paulo, <strong>for 346\u20ac<\/strong> &#8211; less than half the normal price!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flying there turned out to be <strong>even better than expected<\/strong> because the 11 hours intercontinental Munich &#8211;&nbsp;Sao Paulo flight was in Premium Economy class, comfortably sit next to a German man that paid twice and kept asking for beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Packing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ve the good\/bad habit to take pictures of everything I pack for my trips. It helps choosing what to bring (I just check the pictures from the previous trip) and it avoids some last-second compulsive over packing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I carried everything on a 35L backpack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Guides<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I spend a good hour on my favorite book store in Amsterdam, the <em>Pi\u00e9d a Tierre<\/em> in Overtoom.<br>\nI analyzed the different guides available: Rough Guides, Eye Witnesses, First Sight, Fodor&#8217;s. Eventually I was doubting between those two:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fodor&#8217;s Buenos Aires: with Side Trips to Iguaz\u00fa Falls, Gaucho Country &amp; Uruguay (updated 30th December 2014)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lonely Planet Argentina Travel Guide (updated 1st September 2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I liked the former&nbsp;because it was focused on the capital but also included trips I was interested on (unlike Lonely Planet guide to Buenos Aires), but I opted for the backpackers classic Lonely Planet Argentina because well, it&#8217;s just very comprehensive and also includes Uruguay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Useful apps<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These few&nbsp;apps greatly&nbsp;facilitate the experience in the city:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Buenos Aires City Guide<\/strong> by Lonely Planet: a very performance intensive app with <strong>offline<\/strong> maps, places and reviews (<a title=\"Buenos Aires City Guide\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.tripadvisor.android.apps.cityguide.buenosaires\" target=\"_blank\">Android<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>BA C\u00f3mo Llego<\/strong>: Spanish app created by the local government, the name\u00a0means literally &#8216;how to arrive&#8217;. It&#8217;s a must to find your way on metro and extensive bus network! (<a title=\"BA C\u00f3mo Llego\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=ar.gob.buenosaires.comollego\" target=\"_blank\">Android<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Settling down in Baires<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Location, location, location<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I was in Argentina in February and March: this is the local&nbsp;summertime. This means the capital was hot and humid, and many&nbsp;<em>porte\u00f1os&nbsp;<\/em>(as Buenos Aires inhabitants are called) were on&nbsp;holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I spent the first week in <strong>San Telmo area<\/strong>, renting a room via AirBnb. San Telmo is very characteristic with the cobblestone streets, Plaza Durrago with old bars next to the Starbucks, and the famous Sunday Market with antiques, food, books and everything in between.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3708.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3172]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3708-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Feria de San Telmo\" class=\"wp-image-3254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3708-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3708-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3708.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From San Telmo I reached the natural reserve during&nbsp;a morning run (better said jogging as it was so hot I could barely walk fast) as well as the posh Puerto Madero area with the renovated docks and the bridge dedicated to Argentinian women,&nbsp;<em>puente de las mujeres<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3692.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3172]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3692-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Porto Madero\" class=\"wp-image-3255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3692-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3692-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3692.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All great, but San Telmo wasn&#8217;t the place to be for me. BA is a big city and like every big city <strong>there are big distances<\/strong>. To give an idea, the whole Noord-Holland region (the region that includes Amsterdam city) can fit Buenos Aires urban area.&nbsp;Here, &#8220;it&#8217;s just three blocks away&#8221; normally means a 10 minutes walk \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It became quite clear that everything I wanted to do in the city, from social activities, to meeting locals, to tango lessons, where not located in San Telmo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>place to be is Palermo<\/strong> area, so I moved there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first I wanted to rent a studio as locals would do: the best resources for temporary rentals are <a title=\"Solodue\u00f1os\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soloduenos.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">SoloDue\u00f1os<\/a>,&nbsp;<a title=\"Solo Due\u00f1os Directos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soloduenosdirectos.com.ar\/\" target=\"_blank\">SoloDue\u00f1osDirectos<\/a>&nbsp;and this&nbsp;<a title=\"Renting a temporary room\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/alquilerestemporarios\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook group<\/a>&nbsp;(in Spanish).<br>\nIf you want to do that, keep in mind the&nbsp;minimum rent period is one month (if not longer) and that it requires one month deposit.<br>\nI found a nice studio for 5500 ARS (430$) but I didn&#8217;t have enough USD for the deposit, plus&nbsp;I heard stories of people that didn&#8217;t get the deposit back at the end of their stay. After a stressful Tuesday afternoon I decided it would be too lonely without a flatmate so&nbsp;I turned again to AirBnb and got a room in a very well located apartment in Palermo Viejo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3724.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3172]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3724-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"My room in Palermo Viejo\" class=\"wp-image-3256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3724-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3724-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3724.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: in Argentina is very common to have a single bed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting phoned up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I got a local sim card from Claro for $30 ARS (less than $3 USD). 3G internet costs $3 ARS per day (peanuts!) but get this <strong>pro tip<\/strong>: send the message &#8216;pack10d&#8217; to 454 to get 10 days of unlimited internet for $15 ARS and <strong>be a real cheapster!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One note of caution about phone numbers. Nobody really know how it works but the prefix, also for mobile numbers, depends on the city\/area so it can get messy when someone wants to give you his\/her number to <em>WhatsApp<\/em> you (everyone use it). For BA the numbers are, to the best of my understanding, starting with +54-9 (country code &#8211; city code).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blue Dollars&nbsp;games<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t go to Argentina without stocking up <strong>plenty of dollars<\/strong> or euros. And in bills of 50 or 100, please!<br>\nArgentina suffered of a very unstable economy, the inflation is rampant and the local currency is at risk of devaluation anytime.<br>\nBecause of the instability of the <em>pesos<\/em>,&nbsp;Argentinians prefer to keep their saving in dollars, a very stable currency. Government doesn&#8217;t like this and is restricting the access to the bucks, creating the perfect condition for a black market that is sorta-kinda-legal and called <strong>blue dollar<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How unofficial is the blue dollar?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d say not much, as there are websites giving the daily rates as well as very active Facebook pages:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a title=\"DolarBlue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dolarblue.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">DolarBlue.net<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"FB dolarblue\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dolarblue\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page DolarBlue<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"FB cambio justo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/Cambio-justo\/376773005751719\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook page Cambio Justo<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone explained me the government has no interest in stopping the parallel exchange, as the official exchange rate is artificially kept low to reduce the country international debt &#8211;&nbsp;calculated in dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whatever is the real story, there are many options to&nbsp;exchange money but the most exciting&nbsp;and fun is surely <strong>a visit to Florida street<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>arbolitos&nbsp;<\/em>are impossible to miss, as they are many and always murmuring if not shouting <em>&#8220;cambio! cambio!&#8221;<\/em>.<br>\nMy strategy was to approach few of them trying to negotiate, the differences are really risible but I think is still a good idea to double-check.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get those<strong> Pro Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Always ask more than one street vendor about today&#8217;s change;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>100 and 50 bills are better paid than smaller bills;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It&#8217;s possible to have a better rate exchanging big amounts, something like $500+ USD at once;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Count the money in their face before closing the deal;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Look like a bad ass during the whole process.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I also changed dollars in Palermo as some &#8216;RapiPago&#8217; offices do exchange with a fairly good rate, just few decimals lower than Florida. Many restaurants do exchange also but rates aren&#8217;t&nbsp;good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Office life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In BA I got what I don&#8217;t have in Amsterdam: an office!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While I could work from home and from the many cool cafes in Palermo Soho, I was looking for a better solution as I had plenty of things to focus on and cafes are often noisy or with unreliable connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I found&nbsp;a very cool place, the <a title=\"Founders Place Palermo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FoundersplacePalermo\" target=\"_blank\">Founders Place Palermo<\/a>, and got a pretty good weekly rate for a shared desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3793.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3172]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3793-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"My office in BA\" class=\"wp-image-3257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3793-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3793-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3793.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s more for start-up than for self-employed or digital nomads, but provided me what I needed, including drinks and my daily dose of <em>yerba<\/em>&nbsp;<em>mate<\/em>, the strong herbal kind of tea Enzo had teach&nbsp;me how to prepare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Drinking<em>&nbsp;mate<\/em>&nbsp;had the same effect on me that drinking coffee has for someone not used to it. I felt my head light and energized, it was a great companion for intense working sessions!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The city of Buenos Aires<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I had a love-hate relation with this city.&nbsp;At first I felt lost because of the distances. It takes a long time to move around especially if you&#8217;re not familiar with the public transport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then I felt it&#8217;s too European and with such an abundance of Italian influence I missed some&nbsp;cultural differences. I mean, after the last months spent in South-East Asia, there&#8217;s no culture shock for an Italian in Baires!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To top it all, I found&nbsp;<em>porte\u00f1os<\/em>&nbsp;cold and closed so combining those three things I felt this wasn&#8217;t my place even if I was having a great time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It took almost the whole month to start liking the places and the great things it&nbsp;has to offer. On my last Saturday night, I ended up in this hidden patio with an open-air cafe with music and it was a pure <strong>magic moment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4019.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3172]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4019-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Hidden place in San Telmo\" class=\"wp-image-3258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4019-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4019-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4019.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The architecture of the city is surely something special. It&#8217;s called &#8216;the Paris of south America&#8217; because in 1900&nbsp;was expanded seeking inspiration from the great Europe and Paris and London were the leading examples.<br>\nThat&#8217;s quite unusual because has nothing to do with colonies or international influences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The result is that walking around the city and looking up to the building is half the fun &#8211; avoiding the dog shit is the other half.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3737.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3172]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3279\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3737-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Casa Rosada\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3737-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3737-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3737.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><em>The<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Casa Rosada in English style<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3756.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3172]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3280\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3756-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Street of BA\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3756-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3756-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3756.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><em>Street of BA leading to the Obelisco<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3860.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3172]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3860-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"9 de Julio\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3860-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3860-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3860.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><em>Avenida 9 de Julio, the widest street in the known world<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m not going to talk much about what to see as this article is not a tourist guide: I recommend La Ricoleta Cemetery, Evita Peron Museum, La Boca with <em>el caminito<\/em>, the guided tour of Casa Rosada on weekends, and a day to Tigre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;ll talking instead about what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to do (or better what I did)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Free Walking Tour<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This three hours tour (<a title=\"BA free walking tour\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buenosairesfreewalks.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>) happens daily and I really like it. Well, I always like walking tours as you get to hear anecdotes and stories from locals that are not professional guides but often down to earth students, and I can join alone and meet people there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MundoLingo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a title=\"Mundolingo language exchange BA\" href=\"https:\/\/mundolingo.org\/buenos-aires\" target=\"_blank\">MundoLingo<\/a>&nbsp;is a very active organization in Buenos Aires and they run popular events perfect to meet locals, expats and travelers.&nbsp;At the entrance you&#8217;ll get stickers with the flags of the countries you can speak the language of. Just apply the stickers on your shirt and good luck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy hours with cheap drinks are helping to socialize too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bomba del Tiempo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re tired of Buenos Aires and want to stay among tourists, go to the concert of <a title=\"Bomba del Tiempo Konex\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ciudadculturalkonex.org\/?page=inicio&amp;subpage=evento&amp;item=31_la_bomba_de_tiempo\" target=\"_blank\">Bomba del Tiempo<\/a>&nbsp;at the Konex Cultural Center.<br>\nBut be sure to be there well in advance because the queue was brutal when I was there and I could only jump it with <em>non-chalance<\/em> thanks to my Argentinian friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bomba del Tiempo is a percussion band and their concert was really top!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4054.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3172]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4054-e1426733612686-1024x542.jpg\" alt=\"Bomba del Tiempo\" class=\"wp-image-3262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4054-e1426733612686-1024x542.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4054-e1426733612686-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4054-e1426733612686.jpg 1185w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One can object their music is not really Argentinian, but the way they are directed, with different directors alternating during the evening, is typical Argentinian, I&#8217;ve been told \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The food, and I mean the meat<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, <strong>Argentinian meat is great<\/strong> as it can get and my <a title=\"Experiment #2: be a weekday vegetarian\" href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/life\/experiment-2-be-a-weekday-vegetarian\" target=\"_blank\">weekday vegetarian diet<\/a> went on a hiatus.<br>\nI dine on steaks and wine but I found that, even in recommended&nbsp;restaurants, the huge portions tend to get cold quite fast especially if you order rear cooked meat (can be pretty uncooked).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The real surprise of BA were the <em>parrillas<\/em>&nbsp;(BBQ) little shady places in the streets.<br>\nGet a&nbsp;<em>choripan<\/em> (bread with chorizo) and put <em>chimichurri<\/em>&nbsp;sauce on it. Or a <em>bondiola<\/em>&nbsp;(slowly cooked pork!) and enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4006-e1426735160485.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3172]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4006-e1426735160485-1024x625.jpg\" alt=\"Parrilla in the street - best food\" class=\"wp-image-3268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4006-e1426735160485-1024x625.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4006-e1426735160485-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4006-e1426735160485.jpg 1101w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pity there&#8217;s no much variety in Argentinian food&#8230; it&#8217;s either meat, meat on bread, or pizza with too much cheese.<br>\nAnd unlike the tropical countries also the fruit doesn&#8217;t offer much variety: bananas, apples, pears, pineapples&#8230; the most exotic is the avocado, called&nbsp;<em>palta<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s amazing is the ice cream: definitely <strong>the second best ice cream<\/strong> in the world!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3757-e1426732629658.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3172]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3757-e1426732629658-1024x693.jpg\" alt=\"Ice cream, like back home\" class=\"wp-image-3261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3757-e1426732629658-1024x693.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3757-e1426732629658-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3757-e1426732629658.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The <em>yerba mate<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>yerba mate<\/em>&nbsp;is basically a bitter herbal infusion super popular here.<br>\nIt&#8217;s more than that: it&#8217;s a ritual Argentinians enjoy especially when they&#8217;re in a group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Enzo from The Founders Place introduced me to the preparation of the&nbsp;<em>mate<\/em> and I practiced a lot in my days at the office. It&#8217;s something every Argentinian do naturally and I must have looked like a German trying to roll&nbsp;spaghetti on a&nbsp;fork, but never the less I did enjoy my <em>mate<\/em> and&nbsp;gave me a boost!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3865.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3172]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3272\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3865-1024x754.jpg\" alt=\"Policemen matiando\" width=\"1024\" height=\"754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3865-1024x754.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3865-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3865.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><em>Police enjoying the yerba mate ritual.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On&nbsp;<em>porte\u00f1os<\/em> and Argentinians<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note: of course I&#8217;ll generalize here.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Argentinians are open, friendly, welcoming, and funny folks. Unless they&#8217;re <em>porte\u00f1os<\/em>. The &#8216;people from the port&#8217;, as people born in Buenos Aires are called, are another league. I heard it&nbsp;already before coming here and I must say it&#8217;s true: they&#8217;re closed, not very friendly and often with an attitude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is, probably not by coincidence, the same description of people from Milan!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway I met great people and it was probably just a coincidence none of them were born in BA \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What two&nbsp;millions immigrants left us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>During the years&nbsp;1861-1920 it&#8217;s said that <strong>more than <a title=\"Italians in Argentina\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_Argentine\" target=\"_blank\">two millions Italians immigrated<\/a><\/strong><a title=\"Italians in Argentina\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Italian_Argentine\" target=\"_blank\"> to Argentina<\/a>. It&#8217;s also said that today more than 22 millions Argentinians are Italian descendants &#8211; my country mates did obviously a hell of a good job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result the Italian influence is visible in many aspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In food, we have&nbsp;<em>figazza,&nbsp;<\/em>a variation of the&nbsp;<em>focaccia<\/em>, pizza is a pillar&nbsp;of nutrition here (always with way too much cheese!) and&nbsp;<em>helado <\/em>(ice cream) is as good as in Italy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Argentinian Spanish got also influenced by&nbsp;Italian words, for example <em>lavurar<\/em> instead of Spanish&nbsp;<em>trabajar<\/em> (to work) or&nbsp;<em>valija<\/em>&nbsp;instead of&nbsp;<em>maleta<\/em>&nbsp;(suitcase).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But what impressed me the most is that immigrants in history always got <strong>the chance to break the unspoken rules from their countries<\/strong> and <strong>re-invent habits or traditions<\/strong> abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s the case for the bidet. A fundamental bathroom element in the south of Europe, it&#8217;s unknown in north Europe mainly because is not very clear what&#8217;s for. Italians in Argentine improved the bidet making its&nbsp;usage <strong>more obvious<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4494-e1426730532305.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3172]\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4494-e1426730532305-852x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Argentinian bidet\" class=\"wp-image-3259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4494-e1426730532305-852x1024.jpg 852w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4494-e1426730532305-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_4494-e1426730532305.jpg 998w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another example of what I&#8217;m talking about can be found in food. I had <a title=\"Milanesa alla Napolitana\" href=\"https:\/\/es.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Milanesa_napolitana\" target=\"_blank\"><em>milanesa alla napolitana<\/em><\/a>, a thin cut of meat breaded &amp; fried&nbsp;(that&#8217;s the <em>milanesa<\/em> part) and passed in an oven covered like a pizza with ham, cheese and oregano (the <em>napolitana<\/em> part).<br>\nWe don&#8217;t have it&nbsp;in Italy and I think nobody every thought of mixing those things!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It takes <strong>millions of immigrants<\/strong> to do those transformations, so look around your country and see which future is coming!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tango<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Learning Tango was one of my goal in BA, but I didn&#8217;t get too far with that. I got lessons at <a title=\"La Viruta\" href=\"www.lavirutatango.com\" target=\"_blank\">La Viruta<\/a>, a popular and unpretentious place where they teach classes in a very social setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tango is veeeery interesting for me because the lead is completely different than Salsa. In Salsa the man guides the woman using the arms and the tension created&nbsp;in the embrace. In tango, the man guides with the torso and the moves are sourced from the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Super different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking back La Viruta wasn&#8217;t the best place for me, because the instructors were more focused on keeping the class fun than teaching technique. I got a dozen of lessons but I feel like the fundamentals are not there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And talking about going out and dancing, here things start&nbsp;<strong>really late<\/strong>. It&#8217;s very true that dinners are at 11pm, and nobody shows up in a club before 1am. In Salsa places (I&#8217;ll dedicate a post to that) there&#8217;s usually a lesson till 0:30am and people start flocking in not before 1:30am!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3816-e1426735954725.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[3172]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3275\" src=\"https:\/\/www.danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3816-e1426735954725-1024x507.jpg\" alt=\"Tango in the street\" width=\"1024\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3816-e1426735954725-1024x507.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3816-e1426735954725-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/danielebesana.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_3816-e1426735954725.jpg 1194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><em>Tango in the street, of course!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How much did&nbsp;it cost me<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s always someone asking me how much it costed me to travel here or there.&nbsp;<strong>How much does it cost to spend one month in Buenos Aires?<\/strong> Surely depends on many factors, your interests and style so I can tell how much it costed to me: <strong>$1150 USD<\/strong>, excluding flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I diligently recorded all my expenses, like a freak, using the app Expense Manager (<a title=\"Expense Manager app\" href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.expensemanager&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">Android<\/a>) as recommended by my&nbsp;<em>desaparecido<\/em> <a title=\"Costo della vita di Secci\" href=\"https:\/\/clach.wordpress.com\/costo-della-vita-costi-di-viaggio\/\" target=\"_blank\">spiritual guide<\/a> di stocaz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a breakdown of the expenses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Category<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>$ USD<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>% Total<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Travel: Room rental<\/td><td>422<\/td><td>32%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Food: Restaurants<\/td><td>321<\/td><td>24%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Food: Drinks<\/td><td>152<\/td><td>11%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Food: Groceries<\/td><td>82<\/td><td>6%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Workspace: desk rental<\/td><td>55<\/td><td>4%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Workspace: caf\u00e9 bills<\/td><td>42<\/td><td>3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Food: Snacks<\/td><td>34<\/td><td>2.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Entertainment: Other<\/td><td>30<\/td><td>2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Travel: Public transport<\/td><td>27<\/td><td>2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Personal Care<\/td><td>21<\/td><td>2%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Entertainment: Movies<\/td><td>20<\/td><td>1.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Food: Take Away<\/td><td>19<\/td><td>1.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Entertainment: Party<\/td><td>18<\/td><td>1.3%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Utilities: Telephone<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>1%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Travel: Taxi<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>1%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Entertainment:&nbsp;Concerts<\/td><td>6.5<\/td><td>0.5%<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Entertainment: Visits<\/td><td>4.1<\/td><td>0.3%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m surprised to see how little I spent on some categories but I didn&#8217;t miss <strong>anything<\/strong>&nbsp;during my stay in Buenos Aires and I did all&nbsp;I wanted to do. I&#8217;m just a cheapster&nbsp;and I can tell you by experience that spending the same amount for a one-week holiday (or a weekend!)&nbsp;doesn&#8217;t necessary means more enjoyment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next time, Daniele&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Closing down this post, I had a great time in&nbsp;Buenos Aires but I didn&#8217;t fell in love with the city. I guess has to do a lot with the fact that I come from Italy and when I travel I enjoy more the cultural differences than the similarities. And here there are definitely more similarities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note to self for next time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Make sure your electronic equipment has good batteries. I suffered a constant low-battery effect between notebook and smartphone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More money, more honey:\u00a0I should have packed much more dollars. I landed with as much as I could get in Amsterdam airport and it\u00a0lasted for a month.\u00a0If you run out of dollars in Argentina, no bank or ATM will help you. The options are to get money via <a title=\"Xoom transfer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xoom.com\" target=\"_blank\">Xoom<\/a>\u00a0(for US citizens) or go for a dollar-run in Uruguay, where the ATMs give the currency option.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope this half report half guide will help you planning your next trip to Buenos Aires!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;3172&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;6&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;5\\\/5 - 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