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5 mars 2010

Travelling or the art of eavesdropping

After 20 hours of bus, three incredibly lame movies (Spiderman 3, 2012 and i forget the third), a big snoring man, two disgusting meals, but a pretty good sleep and a fun ride, we arrive in Bariloche, the very beginning of Patagonia, the region of the...

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15 février 2010

on the rio

Just an hour away from the center of Buenos Aires on the local suburbian train, is town where the 'colectivo' is actually a boat. Tigre is a town by the rio (river) where houses are built...on the rio! It just seems like another world. Riding the boat...

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5 février 2010

En casa

Ca y'est, I have moved in, in the flat with the pool on the roof! And ever since, it's been pouring rain... I live in Palermo Hollywood, with my friend Flor who speaks to me, patiently, in spanish. I'm very close from my old apartment and roomates (also...

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5 février 2010

La plaza de Mayo

La plaza de Mayo remains the most important place in Buenos Aires as it is there that the spanish settled when they arrived to those hostile lands. Since then it has witnessed most of the important events of the city. La casa rosada (the pink house) that...

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15 février 2010

Asado, national language

Saturday was the chinese new year, and like any argentine, Karina born chinese, organised an asado to celebrate. Asado, translate barbecue (grillade) but actually not don't translate barbecue please or you'll break the heart of everyone here! So why is...

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23 mai 2010

Ce qui est fait n'est plus à faire

Long due, I'm back on tracks and in a nutshell here are the highlights of my experiences during my month-long trip the North West of Argentina and Bolivia. I'm definitely not a loner and usually dread staying alone but I'm not the most social person either...

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10 juin 2010

Ar-gen-tina! Ar-gen-tina!

All around South America, countries are celebrating their independence. The 25th of May, Argentina celebrated its 200 years of age. I don't remember much of the french bi-century celebrations because I was a little young at the time but here they sure...

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1 février 2010

Mi Primer Mate

Before I came here people told me: 'Have you ever tried mate? You have to try it, everyone drinks it over there." Pero, incredible! Since I have been here I haven't been able to find a place where I can have some. The mystery eating me, I couldn't help...

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30 janvier 2010

Coincidences

Cet automne, mon ami bresilien nous presente sa copine du moment, une argentine vivant a Barcelona. Tres sympa, nous sympathisons, et echangeons mails en vue d une potentielle prochaine rencontre. Coincidence, il se trouve qu elle est a Buenos Aires en...

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19 février 2010

Where waiting for the bus turns out to be a great journey...

You know how waiting for the bus in the morning can be a real nightmare? Now imagine that after a 30 minute wait, the bus eventually arrives but refuses to stop for being already too full. So you wait a little more, and it happens again. You are going...

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29 janvier 2010

Premières impressions

A Buenos Aires au mois de janvier, il fait chaud, très chaud. J’ai abandonne tout espoir d avoir une coupe de cheveux qui me fasse ressembler a autre chose qu’a un caniche hirsute, ou d'avoir une peau qui ne luit pas comme un crapaud. La bonne nouvelle...

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30 janvier 2010

De la to do list que j’avais hier…

1) Commencer mon blog 2) Trouver un appart (pour éviter de squatter plus longtemps l’appart + l’ordi de Matthieu) 3) Faire deblocker mon telephone pour avoir un numéro argentin et me sentir libre et joignable (mais par qui ?) 4) M’acheter un plan de Buenos...

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5 février 2010

Opposites attract

Ok girls, revenge. Now let's have a few words on our local male friends. Pizzas and pastas and not the only heritage the italians have left to the chicos of Buenos Aires. They also gave them their (pretty good) mediterranean looks and their sense of "romance":...

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4 février 2010

People

I know what you're thinking. We know New-York girls: fashionable and extravagant, Paris: rafined and classy, London: flashy and slutty ( and bellyyy..), Rome: skinny and sexy, but no one ever talks about who is hiding in Buenos Aires. In Buenos Aires...

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7 février 2010

De la monnaie s'il vous plait

Last night, I chatted with an american and discussed his experiences of Europe. He mentionned how annoyed he was by the number of coins that we have to carry around in our wallet over there. Little did he know that here in Buenos Aires they have the opposite...

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5 mars 2010

How i'm learning to be patient....

After the "Frey" trekking, we really wanted more! Super excited about the idea of the hike on the volcano in chile, as soon as we are back from Frey, we hop on a bus in the direction of San Martin de Los Andes (4 hours, dusty road and very dusty bus),...

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26 mars 2010

Disculpa por la demora

La demora... nothing to do with "dementia" although I guess it could be related... "disculpa por la demora" literally translating into "sorry for the delay" seems to be the imperative sentence here. It's part of the culture, and it could explain why the...

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26 mars 2010

Vivo

The portenos (people from Buenos Aires) have the reputation of being arrogant, show-off, proud of their culture and their looks, and convinced that they are the best people in South America, including the rest of Argentina. They never get tired talking...

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8 juin 2010

where it's time to realize who you are, and what you are not.

There is something about me, when I start a new project I always think I will make things better. I don't know if it is faith (faith that each of us has the capacity to make a difference), pretention, or lack of sense of reality but I always do, and more...

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29 janvier 2010

J’ai la tete qui tourne

Et pas seulement a cause de la chaleur qui me donne des migraines toute la journée mais surtout parce que j’ai une liste de choses a faire longue comme les jambes de ma mère (elles sont connues pour être longues – et belles -) et je ne sais pas par quoi...

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28 janvier 2010

Angoisse n°1

Mathilde is not the natural blogging type. But to make things easier for her, half of her (many !!) readers speak english, and the other half french, so how is she supposed to write something that everyone will be able to read? (cos let’s face it, everyone...

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19 février 2010

I think I have become loca

I just bought myself a 500 page book of Argentine litterature...

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3 avril 2010

HAPPY EASTER !!!

I was hoping to be given change in chocolate at this time of year but didn't happen....

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9 mars 2010

How many different kinds of ham can one possibly want...?

I guess it depends how many different kinds of crackers you can get...

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5 mars 2010

On the way to Bariloche: the joys of the night bus.

Hour 1: (Loud) Snoring. Hour 20: (Loud) Snoring. In between: (Loud) Snoring...and screaming! Thank God I had brought earplugs!

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