Category: #argentina

• below the equator X: A farewell to the people of buenos Aires & a new friend

  Don’t cry for me, Argentina The truth is, I never left you All through my wild days, my mad existence I kept my promise Don’t keep your distance ~~Don’t Cry for Me Argentina. Songwriters: Andrew Lloyd Webber & Tim Rice On an afternoon, sometime close to the first days of December, we sat in our…

  patrickjegan

  January 30, 2025

  #argentina, Blogging, Buenos Airies, Melancholy Thoughts, Memories, New York City, non-fiction, Public Parks, Real Personal History, The Equator, The Tango, Travel Writing, Travels

  #amonthinbuenosaires, #argentina, #goodbyeargentina, #sayingfarewelltobuenosaires, #thecaarnivalinmontevideo, buenos-aires, south-america, tango, Travel

• below the equator IX: looking for carlos gardel and getting lost in the other cemetery.

  [The Entrance Gate. Video is mine] Only in Buenos Aires can the wealthy and powerful elite keep their status after death. Argentines are a strange bunch who tend to celebrate their most honored national figures not on the date of their birth, but on the date of their death (after all, they’re nobody when they’re…

  patrickjegan

  January 27, 2025

  #argentina, Blogging, Buenos Airies, buenos-aires, cemeteries, Melancholy Thoughts, The Equator, The Tango, Travel Writing, Travels

  #argentina, #carlosgardel, #charcarlitacemeterybuneosaires, #findingagrave, #tangosingers, #tangosongs, buenos-aires, south-america, tango, Travel

• Below the equator vII: at the acam bistro mariam dances the tango

  [The musicians at the Acam Bistro. The piano and the Bandoneon. Both gentlemen can sing, dance and play each other’s instruments. Photo is mine] ** I love tango, and I used to dance when I was young. ~~Pope Francis I’m a bad walker but I can dance the tango. ~~Melody Gardot ** It was a…

  patrickjegan

  January 21, 2025

  #argentina, Buenos Airies, music, non-fiction, Real Personal History, The Equator, The Tango, Travel Writing, Travels

  #argentina, #dancingthetango, #milongainbuenosaires, #myamazingwife, #sundayafternoonsinbuenosaires, #tangobuenosaires, buenos-aires, south-america, tango, Travel

• Below the equator vI: Among the thickly rooted trees

  [Statuary in the Plaza San Martin de Tours. The park with the thickly rooted trees. Photo is mine] I was thinking about Ubers as ours clipped along Avenue Pueyrredon on our way to an art museum. I made a list of observations about the car service, comparing the ride here to a similar ride we…

  patrickjegan

  January 19, 2025

  #argentina, Buenos Airies, Folktales & Legends, Real Personal History, The Equator, Travel Writing, Travels

  #craftfairsinbuenosaires, #gumtreesinbuenosaires, History, nature, poetry, Travel, trees

• Below The Equator IV: A Day at the Recoleta Cemetery/ Among the Serene, the violated…and Evita

  [Abandoned poster display outside the wall of the Cemetery of Recoleta, Buenos Aires. The advertising is gone, but behind the wall, the city’s dead remain. Photo is mine] My biggest fear in life is to be forgotten. I cast my dreams aside to fulfill those of others. ~~Maria Eva Duarte de Peron (Evita) Readers, you…

  patrickjegan

  January 12, 2025

  #argentina, Blogging, Buenos Airies, cemeteries, death, History, Melancholy Thoughts, Real Personal History, Travel Writing, Travels

  #cemeteryofrecoleta, #evergreencemeteryowegony, #recoletacemeteryofbuenosaires, cemeteries, cemetery, death, History, Travel

• Below The Equator III: Getting Down to Business in the Big Garden

  [Yes, I’m thirsty. A statue greets the park visitors, offering a drink. Photo is mine] One touch of nature makes all the world kin. ~~John Muir There should be no doubt, dear readers, that your host and blogger has had a few stressful days upon our arrival in Buenos Aires. You’ve read how painful the…

  patrickjegan

  January 7, 2025

  #argentina, Blogging, Buenos Airies, buenos-aires, humor, New York City, Real and Unreal Adventures, Real Personal History, The Equator, Travel Writing, Travels

  #buenosairesbotanicalgardens, #buenosairessundayafternoon, asia, gardens, india, Japan, Travel

• Below The Equator II: The Incident At Gate 47

  [The afternoon of January 2, 2025 found me sitting on a sofa in the lobby of a Hostel. Photo is mine.] Some travel is more of a nuisance than a hardship, but travel is always a mental challenge, and even at its most difficult, travel can be an enlightenment. ~~Paul Theroux The original title of…

  patrickjegan

  January 3, 2025

  #argentina, Blogging, Buenos Airies, humor, New York City, non-fiction, Real Personal History, The Equator, Travel Writing

  #aargentinatravels, #airportsonnewsyearseve, #amonthinbueonsaires, #buenosaires, #flightcancellations, #jfkairport, adventure, airlines, airport, asia, NYC, Travel