We might say that … in heaven there awaits us… the Platonic idea of the tango, its universal form. – Jorge Luis Borges For more than 20 years, street dance tango dancers have gathered at the very heart of San Telmo, at the Plaza Dorrego. In fact, the Sunday “Milonga of the Indian” at the
«Sustainable Development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own need.» (The Brundtland Commission´s report «Our Common Future» from 1987) More than half a decade ago, at the beginning of the 1950s, the tool Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) had its marks. Howard
Río de la Plata, meaning “River of Silver” in Spanish, looks nothing like a river. Actually, it is the widest river in the world with a maximum width of 220 kilometers. By some geographers, it is even considered to be a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean. When looking at it from its southern shore,
Not only is the wilderness of Tigre a braid of jungly deltas and the Paraná river splitting into sedimentary streams encircling 500 islands, but it was also home of the indigenous tribe Guaranis. Then, when the Spanish claimed the land 35 km north of Buenos Aires, they named it “Las Conchas” (the shells) because of the
Buenos Aires is described as a sensual satisfaction. This is some of my absolute favorite things to enjoy in the Argentine capital. Jacaranda Trees in Bloom Every spring Buenos Aires turns into an immense purple flower. A glimpse of the bloom of the city’s more than 11 000 astounding Jacaranda trees is reason to visit
“Me hacés una gauchada?” – Spanish for “Can you do me a favour?” The hero wanders of the Pampas. The romanticized lawless cowboys. The free-living legends of the Argentina society. Once nomad cowboys of the vast fertile grasslands. A horsemen envisioning himself as a centaur – a half-human, half-horse. In the pampas town of Coronel Vidal
Walking Buenos Aires is more than anything a travel through an architectural wonderland, seeing the abundance of majestic buildings from decades of neoclassicism mixed with French and Italian Renaissance architecture. But nowadays, a visiter can’t help but notice the numerous colorful murals, both abandoned buildings, bins, signs, rolling shutters and side walls are decorated with
One of the most overwhelmingly spellbinding buildings of Buenos Aires has to be Palacio Barolo on Avenida de Mayo, not yet crowed with tourists. The Palace was build as a tribute to one of Italia’ s greatest poets, Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) of the Middle Ages, and his poetic masterpiece La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy,
One Of the Worlds Most Bike-Friendly Cities Without doubt cycling is the most enjoyable form of moving around Buenos Aires. When it feels like the traffic of the city turns rather anarchic, its more than feasible to enter it with only two wheels. In fact, you both get to know the neighborhoods and getting around
As I did two semesters of Kulturstudier in Buenos Aires I was fortunate to have the opportunity to travel neighboring countries for two months over the Christmas break. I set out for my first backpack-trip ever, all by my self with my priceless book “South-America on a budget”, and it undoubtedly turned out to be
