Categories: Buenos Aires Basic!, Buenos Aires Culture, Buenos Aires Culture, Buenos Aires Night Life, Spanish, Spanish Language, Upcoming Events and Gigs!
Teaming with expats, Buenos Aires is home to tens of thousands of people who have relocated from their home countries to learn Spanish, in the lovely Argentine paradise. With such large expatriot communities, foreigners tend to form tight knit groups amongst each other. Similarly, Argentine culture focus around families and childhood friends which also tend [...]
Categories: Buenos Aires Bars & Clubs, Buenos Aires Basic!, Buenos Aires Culture, Buenos Aires Night Life, Music in Buenos Aires, Secrets of Buenos Aires, Tips and Recommendations, Upcoming Events and Gigs!
Buenos Aires is known for its thrilling and eccentric nightlife, but it can be overwhelming. Which are the cool bars to go to? If I go out at midnight, am I too early? 3 am, too late? And what better way of getting a little preview than by going on the Buenos Aires Pub Crawl. [...]
Categories: Buenos Aires Bars & Clubs, Buenos Aires Basic!, Buenos Aires Culture, Buenos Aires Night Life, Secrets of Buenos Aires, Spanish, Spanish Language, Tips and Recommendations, Tours, Trending Now!, Trips and Excursions, Upcoming Events and Gigs!
A great way to practice your Spanish while studying abroad or volunteering here in Buenos Aires is to go to Spanglish!! Spanglish was designed for foreigners to practice their Spanish skills while giving porteños the opportunity to practice English. Not only is it a language exchange, but it’s also a cultural exchange. You can [...]
Categories: Buenos Aires Bars & Clubs, Buenos Aires Basic!, Buenos Aires Culture, Buenos Aires Night Life, live music, Music in Buenos Aires, Trending Now!, underground, Upcoming Events and Gigs!
Buenos Aires is truly a city that never sleeps, so finding something to do is as easy as walking out your front door. It is a great city for study abroad students from all over the world because there is something for everyone, especially when it comes to music. It doesn’t matter where you are [...]
Categories: Buenos Aires Culture, live music, Music in Buenos Aires, Tips and Recommendations, Trips and Excursions, Uncategorized, Upcoming Events and Gigs!
Yesterday night Mente Argentina had another great cultural outting to hear La Bomba de Tiempo play in Ciudad Cultural Konex. The band was bumpin, the crowd croonin, and the scene spectacular as always! La Bomba de Tiempo is a group of percussionists directed by Stantiago Vazquez who mix stantard percussion sets with improvization which makes [...]
Categories: Buenos Aires Culture, Secrets of Buenos Aires, Tips and Recommendations, Upcoming Events and Gigs!
Brian Athey Argentina has a rich tradition of Rock & Roll-what they call Rock Nacional. Although most people think of Tango and Folklorico when they think of Argentina, Porteños have been creating alternative music since the 1950’s. Similarly to the USA, Rock Nacional was heavily influenced by the Beatles, Little Richard, Elvis Presley, and Bill [...]
Categories: Argentina Trips, Buenos Aires Basic!, Buenos Aires Culture, Food in Argentina, Secrets of Buenos Aires, Tips and Recommendations, Upcoming Events and Gigs!
Before and while traveling in Buenos Aires it would be helpful to have a collection of websites that explain where to go and how to get there. Below is a collection of useful websites that many locals use when finding out about whats happening in BsAs. -Brian Athey http://mapa.buenosaires.gov.ar/ (website with colectivo and subte maps) [...]