Stories and News of Expat Life in Buenos Aires, Argentina
I just discovered the best yogurt in Buenos Aires – Yogur Dahi. After years of eating the crappy yogurt in plastic cups and bags, it’s nice to finally find a smooth, creamy yogurt that comes in a glass jar. I’m not sure why it took me so long to discover this… I guess I assumed that … Read more
The “dolar blue,” Argentina’s black market rate to buy dollars, has been on a tear in January – setting new highs every week. Today’s rate of $7.81 pesos to one US dollar sets another record, and widens the gap between the official rate ($4.9755) and the unofficial rate to an amazing 57%. For a good … Read more
Iconic British band, The Cure, have just announced their first Latin American tour in over 17 years. Luckily, the tour includes an April 12, 2013 stop in Buenos Aires – their first concert in Argentina in over 26 years! Tickets go on sale Monday, February 4, 2013. Here’s the press release and their other Latin … Read more
Scam City is a show on the Travel+Escape channel that follows its host, Conor Woodman, as he travels to ten of the world’s most popular cities to find out what scams are pulled on tourists. Of course, Buenos Aires is on the list and also probably one of the more interesting episodes. On his visit … Read more
LAN is having another one of their airfare sales from the US to Buenos Aires (unfortunately fares from Buenos Aires to the US are not on sale). During this limited sale, roundtrip fares from Miami and Los Angeles are $899 and fares from New York are $999. This includes all taxes and fees. You must … Read more
When you have a two year-old you quickly learn who their favorite TV characters are – Mickey Mouse, Handy Manny and of course, her favorite, Doc McStuffins (Doctora Juegetes in Spanish). Of course if you don’t have kids, these will probably not mean a lot to you, but Doc McStuffins was one of the hottest … Read more
Since every other site is doing a “Year In Review,” we decided to jump on the bandwagon too… So, without further ado, here’s the Discover Buenos Aires 2012 Year in Review! We wrote 47 blog posts in 2012. While not prolific writers, that beat the 41 blog posts of 2011. We had over 160,000 views in 2012 … Read more