¡Estamos viajando a Argentina!Mi esposo y yo planeamos viajar a Buenos Aires, Argentina. Buenos Aires es la capital y es allí donde queremos ir por una semana.Las estaciones son opuestas de Los Estados Unidos, entonces va a ser verano cuando vamos. Queremos ir a finales de febrero y a principios de marzo porque el festival del tango es en esa fecha. Va a hacer calor.

Estamos llevando nuestra ropa del verano: unas camisas y camisetas, bluyíns y pantalones cortos, tenis, lentes del sol, y un par de zapatos de tacón. (¡Porque quiero aprender a bailar el tango!). Si necesitamos más ropa, compramos en Buenos Aires, porque es una gran ciudad para hacer compras.

El vuelo va a salir a las siete y cuarto de la noche el 25 de febrero. Vamos a regresar el 4 de marzo.

Estamos durmiendo en un hostal, “América del Sur”. Este hostal tiene 5 estrellas, probablemente. El hostal es cerca del corazón de la ciudad, de Plaza de Mayo y el Obelisco . Por 7 noches, la cuesta está solamente $266.48 USD!

Mi esposo y yo gusta tomar vino y planeamos hacer mucho! Nos gusta bailar y queremos tomar lecciones de baila el tango. Vamos a visitar unos museos, y queremos ir a Iguazu Falls, pero está muy lejos de Buenos Aires (20 horas en carro). Los deportes no nos gustan, y nosotros no vamos a mirar fútbol.

Argentina está debajo de Bolivia y Paraguay. Argentina está a la derecha de Chile y a la izquierda de Uruguay

¡Es distinta!

El gente de la ciudad de Buenos Aires son "porteños", y todos de ellos toman Mate. Mate is a drink made from herbs steeped in water and it has its own etiquette and tradition around how it is prepared and served.

Argentina is famous for steak, leather, wine, Iguazú falls, Tierra del Fuego, the tango and fugitive war criminals.

Although the official national sport of Argentina is Pato (which is a combination of polo and basketball), fútbol is the most popular sport.

The Iguazú Falls of Argentina are higher than the Niagara Falls.

Argentina is one of the world’s largest producers of wine, and has been since the 16th century.

The oldest known dinosaur species have been traced back to Argentina and are exhibited at the Argentine National Historical Museum.

Argentina boasts the highest number of psychiatrists per capita than anywhere else on earth (145 per 100,000 residents)!

Argentina was the first place to use fingerprinting in forensic investigation.

Argentina means "land of silver".

1880-1929 is known as the "golden time", when Argentina emerged as one of the 10 richest cities in the world. In the 70’s the military took over the government and the “dirty wars” started, and thousands of young people ‘disappeared’. The mothers of the disappeared still protest in the Capital every week.

Argentine women undergo the highest number of plastic surgeries in the world, per capita.

The typical local food is STEAK, STEAK, STEAK! Argentinians are proud of their beef and they have some of the best in the world. Parrillas, asada, anything you can dream up. And it is delicious.

The Spanish of Buenos Aires is a little different, owing to the many Italians that immigrated to Argentina long ago. They have their own city slang, called "Lunfardo", where often the words are pronounced backward (by switching the order of the syllables).

Some examples: feca= café,

jermu= mujer, rioba= barrio, lleca=

calle.

¡Qué estraño!

Also, the pronunciation of the "ll" in Argentina is not like a

Spanish "y", but rather it makes a "shh" sound. So

"millón" would sound like "mishon", "llueve" like

"shueve", etc.

Flight to Buenos Aires for 2: $2,841.10 US (13,705.60 ARS)Hostel stay for 7 days for 2: $266.48 US (1285.51 ARS)15 min taxi ride: $4.15 UD (20.00 ARS)Dinner at a sit down restaurant: $5.18 US (25.00 ARS)Quick meal at a food stand: $2.07 US……………(10.00 ARS)Bus or subway ride: .31 cents (1.50 ARS)Having the time of my life in BA: PRICELESS

Currency conversion: $1 US= $4.82 Argentine Pesos.

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