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Quilmes: Quilmes
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  • The national lager after the mate as a national drink !!
    Better here than wherever ...Quilmes Cristal is so much better than the quilmes that i could drink in spain ..i dont know why ..but its a light lager so good for everything cos its not strong
    They used to call as "porron" for a 35cl bottle

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    Regarding Food: Empanadas
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  • So delicous stuff to eat !!!!! my God ....my sin there... i was in love with empanadas...i could eat it at any time ...its made with a pastry made in oven and inside they add cheese...ham ... vegetables..meat...whatever....its such a delicous snack that people eat it at any time...and most of them pick it up in the stall and take away or ask from home just like a pizza !!!!

    i dont took any pic from that but in sept i will take it and i ll upload here !!

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    Protests: 26th March 2006
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  • 30 years ago was the "coup d'etat" agains the democratic argentinian government....i was so lucky to see and behold the peacefull demonstration around the capital avenues... it was a great event ...Buenos aires inhabitants get out to the streets to shout peace and freedom as they ever did before

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    Taste mate: Mate
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  • Local drink by excellence is mater....argentinians, uruguayan and other use to drink it by its stimulants effects... thrice cafeine than not a simple coffee !! you will need a cup (called mate) a "straw" (called "bombixa") and the mate weed that is harvest in regions like corrientes or misiones ....then pour some water into the cup (not boiling water !! ) and you get it...the best advice is try to make local friends and they show u the way.. besides its a friendship drink....people gather together with this excuse ...take mate and talk back and forth !!

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    Protests: No comments
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  • Graffiti painted on Boca quarter ....Aristobulo del Valle street ...that cross Almirante Brown avenue ....i translate...."get out Bush from Argentina, youngers standstill "

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    Local Customs: Originality
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  • One of the most interesting things to pay attention in Buenos Aires if you can understand spanish is trying to listen to people on the streets...specially men talking to women and mainly flattering them (her) ..its really funny because its not rude or unpolite.. absolutelly not...they are so originals telling funny but at the same nice words to them !!

    People use to talk with words like "NEGRO" to call someone on the street that means "BLACK
    or FLACO ..on the same refering .. that means "THIN"
    or GORDO that means FAT

    All this word are so common and noone could take offence by that ...its so popular and funny

    the words on the pic mean this

    "hey FATTY you are the love of my life, your FATTY girl,Anita...." and then just in the middle
    forever !

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    Local Customs: Houses
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  • Its so typical houses have a garden in the inner side of the building... i saw almost all houses in the outskirts quarters like florencio varela on this way....just on floor or two as much with a gorgeous garden where sit and relax with mate or cooking asado ... amidst the shadows

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    Local Customs: Siesta
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  • Dont call anyone at this time....its a typical way of life in Argentina...above all in Provincias where the hot summer keep from make nothing after lunch time... so people stay at home at this hours sleeping and letting pass by the most stiffling hours

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    Kisses: Kisses
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  • Yeah its at all common in other places in this bloody world..but argentinians use to kiss themselves among guys ..doesnt mind how old they are ....and just a curiosity....i didnt see before two cops kissing in the street as i saw several times in Buenos Aires jaajajaj

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    Tango: Tango
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  • Traditional argentinian dance style... you can see couple dancing everywhere for tourist and above all in La Boca where there is a small museum about Tango ...closer to caminito and easy to reach it
    In Plaza Francia or Dorrego square every afternoon there are some couples dancing for tourist .

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    Comments for DPando about Buenos Aires
    mrlgautier Sat Jan 24, 2009 22:00 UTC
     re, Perla, what I always do in my travels: Get a non-English menu off a table from the back of the restaurant. Now the prices are REAL! Keep the menu until you get the bill if you want to compare. And if you are good at it, the menu becomes a souvenir.
    BillNJ Thu Jan 15, 2009 00:32 UTC
     Interesting page.
    CarlosGardel Wed Mar 19, 2008 15:18 UTC
     Yes, they loose their lives because of the stupid politicians and the stupid Americans that help England when they where loosin the war.
    rodrigobrrio Mon Dec 3, 2007 00:37 UTC
     for the ppl seeing this page I´d like to disagree on that BS AS is dangerous or polluted. compared to big european cities like madrid or paris it is very calm and clean. and it is not good for just a few days cause it´s too big and interesting. .
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