Recent content by TedA

I tried, ex-pats -- I really did! I found the mega-loud* Red Door, bellied up to and ordered at the (bustling) bar, then tried to locate y'all. I couldn't identify any English, and since I've never met you kind folks, I just gave up and hopped on an earlier Subte. (Small consolation: 2-for1...

I'm curious about hotels in Montevideo, too, but first: Is it worth the trip from BsAs, i.e., what to do there??? TA

Okay, so far you BA expats have proven to be an absolute goldmine of info and advice, for which I'm quite appreciative. Now, call me greedy, but I'd like a little more, please: Where in Palermo or nearby can I find 1] a swimming pool -- preferably 20m or more in length -- for one or two good...

Thanks, all, for the insight on Colonia. If I go, it'll be an over-and-back the same day. But..... Is Montevideo worth working into the itinerary? What to do and see?

If can impose once again on you kind people with knowledge of the region..... I plan to take a ferry ride over and see Colonia and have heard it can be seen in one day. Therefore, is there any value, other than just chilling, in getting a hotel and staying overnight? (And it seems they charge...

Terrible, terrible tragedy! Channel some positive energy toward Japan, please!

Hi. Gonna be visiting for a week in April. Is this Friday night "frinking" thing open to travelers or is it restricted to just expat residents? I anticipate that, after a few days in BsAs, I may welcome some pint(s)-fortified conversation with some English-first folks. If that's okay, I look...

Hi, all. I'll be there in about a month and really looking forward to visiting your fair city. At the moment, I'm grooving to Pandor, which just played something from a CD/collection titled Frequent Flyer: Buenos Aires...

Also coming from the Bay Area (early April, for a week)...used to live in SF for six years...miss it a lot....maybe we'll run into one another wherever expats in BA congregate...I'll keep an eye on this forum in case somebody identifies a group that meets, per your question. Hope you're...

CindyDb "and if you like The Beatles there's their museum and café..." -- Are you kidding?! Where? I'm so there! I live for the Beatles!! texxaslonghorn: "Good call!! One point off." -- If only I were a betting man, well, I'd still find a way to lose money. Thanks again, all, for the...

Glad you folks there got to see a good game, despite that Christina Aguilera and Black Eyed Peas crap -- neither "artist" representative of American musical tastes. Those SB performances typically swing in quality from year to year -- anybody remember U2 at halftime nine SBs ago, honoring 9/11...

I've yet to step foot on Argentine soil and am already buzzing from what I've read hear among football fans; I feel I'll have sports compadres in BA. Hope you're all enjoying the game (so far, Green Bay 21, Pittsburgh Curtain 3) and that you have better announcers than the yahoos Fox Sports has...

I appreciate that advice, Postmodernchild. Actually, I've been reading the Palermo and Recoleta are also good for proximity to a mix of museums, parks and historical sites, with the maps I've been viewing seeming to support that. Sound about right or am I missing something. Thanks again, all...

Looks like the majority has spoken (re: Recoleta and Palermo). Being a train/subway/streetcar fan, being close to the subte will indeed factor into the the "where?" question. Again, thanks for all the input -- I welcome more. And now that I think of it, where does an out-of-towner go for a...

Thanks, all, for the advice! Between this and the separate (and heated) where-to-watch-the-Super-Bowl* thread, I get a sense I'll be encountering some of my countrymen -- or at least enough English to give my rudimentary Spanish a rest. Let me clarify something: I'm not looking for...