Category: buenos-aires

• 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 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