Wierd Buenos Aires

[Matiasba]

Well, this wouldn't exactly be weird, but maybe a tour of the ex centro clandestino El Olimpo in Floresta? You'd have to translate for your guests, but it was a really important experience for me in terms of "getting" the history of Argentina. It's a straight shot in the 126 from Humberto Primo and...Salta, I believe? They'll definitely see parts of Buenos Aires they have never seen before on the way, and maybe they'd enjoy seeing a typical middle class neighborhood like Floresta. I really liked it. Then once you get to the campo, you'll see lovely murals and memory books with stories about the desaparecidos, as well as just seeing the different rooms where the horrors took place. They don't want to turn it into a museum-y museum, so much of it looks like the old bus station that it was. You're not going to leave in a jolly mood, but I think it's important, and very interesting.

Theres a movie, called Garage Olimpo, I strongly recommend it.

 

[Dublin2BuenosAires]

Yes, I ve known several people that commented exactly that



Dont jugde me. Because of this forum is mainly (99%) anti K and the fact that I like lots of the K policies (although Im not K) and it is underrepresented does not give (you) permisson to jugde me. Be respectful as I am.




Wrong. You can go and buy tickets in the stadium or at the AFA building.

Yeah, I'll make whatever comment i like thanks. Not sure what all the K not K stuff is about, whatever.

You can't. I recommend you try for a River or Boca home game with no DNI and no local credit card and come back to us. I know people from out of town who tried recently.

 

[Montauk_Project]

Thanks for all the suggestions, keep them coming! I have to deal with my Dad (who has been here probably 20 times) and other people who are in their late 20s and very adventurous/fluent Spanish speakers. For them, going to La Salada would be no big deal.

 

[sleslie23]

No, I meant go like a not tourist people, go and buy tickets as everyone, without a tour company.
And I thought it could be weird since every yanqui that goes find it extremely wierd those thousand of people jumping and chanting all together. Lots of people find that something atractive.

I very, very, very rarely wave the US flag around, but this is an idiotic comment.

You realize there are sports in the US as well, right? Hell, there are some college football stadiums that hold 30,000 more people than River's stadium. Take a look at this:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stadiums_by_capacity

All those US stadiums listed are packed full of people "jumping up and down and chanting" every Saturday there is a home game.

 

[Matiasba]

I very, very, very rarely wave the US flag around, but this is an idiotic comment.

You realize there are sports in the US as well, right? Hell, there are some college football stadiums that hold 30,000 more people than River's stadium. Take a look at this:

http://en.wikipedia....ums_by_capacity

All those US stadiums listed are packed full of people "jumping up and down and chanting" every Saturday there is a home game.

Welll, I dont know in the US, but the comments I ve recieved was about the fascination of thousands of people jumping all together, "while in the US -and I may add in Europe too- they are all in thier seats". We dont have any seats in the popular sector, and in most parts of the world the complete attendance must stay sitting down. That is one of the main reasons why the River-Boca got its fame, because of the color, the chants, the jumping all together. If its so common, I wonder why its a tourist attraction. It happens also with the music shows, that is a common comment that EVERY people jump all together, while in other parts its not like that. Argentine public has its reputation on the vibe they transmit. Lots of bands like ACDC or the Rolling Stones made their alive DVDs here.

 

[Ries]

I have to say, Sports Fans everywhere jump up and down. It is not some Porteno oddity. Up here in the USA, sports fans do much stranger things than that. The Yanquis I know who want to go to a Boca game want to go because they have heard the fans will tear up 500 kilo seats, and toss them down on the opposing fans below. We can see jumping up and down at high school games here.

That said-

Camera Museum at Bar Palacio- http://iwannagothere.com/things-to-do-in-buenos-aires/photography-museum-simik/3637
Che Museum- http://museocheguevaraargentina.blogspot.com/
Tour of Palacio Barolo, with wine- http://www.palaciobarolotours.com.ar/
If any of your folks are interested, the arms and armor museum at Circulo Militar is quite good- http://www.welcomeargentina.com/ciudadbuenosaires/armas-nacion-museum.html

the cafe at Museo Evita is very good food, very pleasant outdoor dining in a courtyard.

The small auto museum at the ACA on Libertador is good as well. http://www.fiaheritagemuseums.com/11-museum-of-the-automobile-club-of-argentina.html

stargazing at the planeterium in Parque Centenario on Sunday nights- http://www.planetario.gov.ar/otras_telescopios.html

I like to take people to the Pizza Crawl- go to Corrientes at night, and try to have a slice of pizza, and a chop, at all the famous pizzerias- Guerin, Las Cuartetas, El Palacio, Los Inmortales, Banchero, and so on. I can usually manage about 4 in a night, but I am old.

 

[ghost]

Welll, I dont know in the US, but the comments I ve recieved was about the fascination of thousands of people jumping all together, "while in the US -and I may add in Europe too- they are all in thier seats". We dont have any seats in the popular sector, and in most parts of the world the complete attendance must stay sitting down. That is one of the main reasons why the River-Boca got its fame, because of the color, the chants, the jumping all together. If its so common, I wonder why its a tourist attraction. It happens also with the music shows, that is a common comment that EVERY people jump all together, while in other parts its not like that. Argentine public has its reputation on the vibe they transmit. Lots of bands like ACDC or the Rolling Stones made their alive DVDs here.

There are good reasons to jump up and down in Boca Stadium. Reason #1. It is worst stadium I have ever been in, keep moving so your ass doesn't freeze on the concrete seat [=that smells like urine]. 2. Idiots are throwing fire works and beer bottles at your head from behind. 3. More Idiots are throwing all kinds of things on to the playing field.

 

[sleslie23]

Just to clarify, I wasn't saying that an Argentine futbol match isn't INSANE. In the US, you don't see fires in the stands and people generally only get killed or beaten in the parking lot, not inside the stadium.

My friend did get urine dumped on him at a Raiders game, but the guy who did it probably got arrested.

 

[ajoknoblauch]

Just to clarify, I wasn't saying that an Argentine futbol match isn't INSANE. In the US, you don't see fires in the stands and people generally only get killed or beaten in the parking lot, not inside the stadium.

My friend did get urine dumped on him at a Raiders game, but the guy who did it probably got arrested.

There's nothing in US sports that can remotely match the soccer psychopaths of Buenos Aires (our own psychopaths just gun down random citizens).

 

[germano]

There are good reasons to jump up and down in Boca Stadium. Reason #1. It is worst stadium I have ever been in, keep moving so your ass doesn't freeze on the concrete seat [=that smells like urine]. 2. Idiots are throwing fire works and beer bottles at your head from behind. 3. More Idiots are throwing all kinds of things on to the playing field.

As always ... another chance to write something negative about Argentina.