La Boca
La Boca is one of Buenos Aires’ most famous, and infamous, neighborhoods. We were warned — by blogs, guidebooks, and even our taxi driver, “muy peligroso” — that it could be a dodgy area for tourists. A working-class neighborhood, La Boca is equally known for its muggings and its world-famous soccer club, the Boca [...]
Pizza and pasta are huge in Buenos Aires because there are so many Italian restaurants, thanks to generations of immigrants from Italy. This is great if you’re a veggie like me. Also great if you just love pizza. We discovered our favorite was the Neopolitan with mozzarella cheese, tomato slices and green olives.
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We had some really amazing dining experiences in Buenos Aires, at some really top-notch restaurants. And yet our fondest memory is the empanadas. Available all over the city, they’re a quick, delicious and cheap snack or meal. Somehow, we were too busy stuffing our faces with our favorite queso y cebolla and roquefort varieties to [...]
Buenos Aires is often described as “the Paris of South America.” Of course you can’t apply that the whole city, but there are definitely areas with a neoclassical feel. It makes sense when you learn that Italian, French and Spanish expats have hugely influenced the place. In fact at the same time Tim’s Sicilian grandma [...]
When my husband Tim and I first began to talk about our honeymoon, we rattled off places we’d always wanted to see. South America was immediately at the top of the list. We agreed it should be a place neither of us had visited before. And we wanted something beyond fruity drinks on a beach [...]
