Category Archives: Buenos Aires

May 17th in Buenos Aires

Posted on May 25, 2014 by noruegaenargentina

As mentioned earlier, there were a few celebrations for Norway’s Constitution Day here in Buenos Aires. On Friday, May 16th I attended a reception in Recoleta organized by the embassy. It was at lunch time and was really pretty boring, … Continue reading →

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On the radio

Posted on May 20, 2014 by noruegaenargentina

I mentioned that on May 15th I was interviewed on the radio, as part of a weekly segment on different countries represented in Buenos Aires. (I wrote a short post in Spanish here.) It was a lot of fun, the … Continue reading →

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Estrella de radio :)

Posted on May 15, 2014 by noruegaenargentina

Hoy tuve el gusto de salir en un programa de radio! Me llamaron de Metro 95.1, del programa “Su atención por favor”, donde el locutor Jason Mayne hace un segmento sobre extranjeros en Buenos Aires. Fui al bar Olsen con … Continue reading →

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Dupont Circle vs. Villa Crespo

Posted on May 8, 2014 by noruegaenargentina

This headline may not make a lot of sense to you, but I figured I’d do a very non-scientific comparison of my previous and current city neighborhoods. I lived for many years in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, DC, … Continue reading →

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Big changes, big city

Posted on May 6, 2014 by noruegaenargentina

So, some big changes have taken place: I moved to Buenos Aires! After a year and a half in the countryside, I am now living in la Reina del Plata. It has just been a couple of weeks so the … Continue reading →

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La Feria del Libro

Posted on May 2, 2014 by noruegaenargentina

La Feria del Libro (the Book Fair) in Buenos Aires is a huge event. It takes place in La Rural, the agricultural fair in Palermo that is of course home to the big livestock/animal exhibition in July, and more than … Continue reading →

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Caminito, La Boca

Posted on April 9, 2014 by noruegaenargentina

There are certain tourist spots that are a must, but not somewhere one would return to over and over. Caminito in La Boca is one of those places – it was really fun to see the first time, it was … Continue reading →

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Siamo nel forno – great pizza

Posted on April 2, 2014 by noruegaenargentina

Many foreigners living in Argentina will at some point complain about Argentinian pizza. And I am one of them. I LOVE a nice Italian pizza so I am not a fan of most pizzas here – they have thick, doughy … Continue reading →

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Meatless Months

Posted on March 7, 2014 by noruegaenargentina

I wanted to write a little update on my Meatless Monday post, which I wrote after two meat free weeks in late January/early February. It has been surprisingly easy to keep going, I have mainly had meat (usually chicken) once … Continue reading →

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Malvon – Yes, I love bread

Posted on February 16, 2014 by noruegaenargentina

Here is another recommendation for delicious sandwiches and lunches: Malvon. They have two locations, in Palermo and Villa Crespo, I visited the latter, on Serrano 789. So much baked goodness! We went for lunch and I had the fish and … Continue reading →

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