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Our 8 day trip to… Buenos Aires

Our 8 day trip to… Buenos Aires. Nadia, Isabela , David, Felipe. Language. Spanish is the dominant language in Argentina with over 60% of people who speak it. Being in Buenos Aires would push us to become more fluent with our Spanish.

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Our 8 day trip to… Buenos Aires

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  1. Our 8 day trip to…Buenos Aires Nadia, Isabela, David, Felipe

  2. Language • Spanish is the dominant language in Argentina with over 60% of people who speak it. • Being in Buenos Aires would push us to become more fluent with our Spanish. • “Spanish is the official language in Buenos Aires. English is widely spoken, with some French and German too.” – www.worldtravelguide.net

  3. Buenos where…? • Buenos Aires is the capital of the Argentine Republic. • With over 3 million people living there, its more opportunities to practice what we know.

  4. Money • Argentina pesos/American dollars • Just $1.00 in US Dollars is €3.90 in Argentina Pesos • We will be taking about $513 which will be right around €2,000 € or $

  5. Popular Foods in Buenas Aires • “Lomo”- this food is a great steak similar to Filet Mignon, many people get a food called “lomito” from fast food restaurants, this is like a hamburger. • Many of the popular meats you will find served in Buenas Aires are " Chorizo“ (sausage) , " Bife de Costilla“ (t-bone), “ Entraña“ (skirt steak), " Morcilla“ (blood sausage), " Tira de Asado” (ribs), and various internal organs such as, " Riñones"(kidneys), these are all served in Asados (barbeques) or Parillas (grill houses). • A great dessert to try in Buenas Aires is empanadas, these are little pie filled pastries. These are served fried or baked. • A popular dessert found in Buenas Aires as well as Spain is the churro which is a fried pastrie sprinkled with sugar • “Dulce de Leche” is something that many Argentineans are very fond of, it translates to “milk sweet” and is a sweet spread used for cookies, cakes, pastries, etc.

  6. Dulce de Leche Bife de Costilla Tira de Asado Empanadas Churro

  7. Flight Plan • 11:00 am Depart Phoenix (PHX)Arrive Buenos Aires (EZE) 7:45 Sunday • Fly out 8 days later • Paid for by tax credit • Stay at Rayuela Hostel Boutique for 8 nights • 8.48€/night • 8 nights • 67.84 € per person, for hostel • High Safety rate: 96.8 • Free breakfast, linens, towels • Air conditioning, hot showers and internet • Lockers in dorms

  8. Hostel Rayuela

  9. Some restaurants and cafes we will visit… • Las Violetas • Museo del Jamon • La Biela • Un Altra Volta • Cafe Tortoni

  10. Las Violetas Madero Tango Museo del Jamon La Biela Un altra Volta

  11. Places to Visit • Alberto J. Armando Stadium (Monday) • Soccer stadium • La Boca (Monday) • Old district of Buenas Aires • Avenida 9 de Julio (Tuesday) • the widest road in the world • home to the Buenos Aires Obelisk monument • Plaza San Martín (Wednesday) • Plaza in honor of San Martín, liberator of Argentina from Spain • RecoletaCemetery (Thursday) • Cemetery for wealthy Argentineans

  12. Places To Visit • San Telmo: antique fair only on Sunday (Sunday) Teatro Colón: The city’s great opera house. Performances are relatively inexpensive (Wednesday) Madres de Plaza de Mayo: Thursdayenjoymothersmarch in the plaza then listen totheirspeeches(Thursday) • Subte A line: the only subway line in the city that still has the old wooden cars (Friday)

  13. Av de Mayo: the best architecture in the city. Start at Plaza de Mayo and walk towards Congreso. (Friday) • MALBA: Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires supposedly has one of the best collections of contemporary Latin American art. (Saturday)

  14. Madres de Plaza de Mayo- • Teatro Colón-

  15. Alberto J. Armando Stadium • At the day of inauguration, the stadium was surprisingly nicknamed 'Bombonera' as it is most commonly known now • A local professional soccer club plays there

  16. La Boca • La Boca is the oldest, most colorful, and most authentic neighborhood in Buenos Aires. • The neighborhood was settled and built by Italian immigrants that worked in the warehouses and meatpacking plants in the area

  17. Avenida 9 de Julio • widest road in the world • home to the Buenos Aires Obelisk monument • The Obelisk is a modern monument placed at the heart of Buenos Aires. It was built in May 1936 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first founding of the city.

  18. Plaza San Martín • one of the various historical districts of the city of Buenos Aires • San Martín, is the name of Argentina's independence hero: Don José de San Martín

  19. Recoleta Cemetery • Cemetery for wealthy Argentineans • Recoleta is Buenos Aires ritziest and wealthiest neighborhood, with superb old mansions along the AvenidaAlvear. • Recoleta Cemetery houses most of Argentina’s forefathers and outstanding public celebrities as well as politicians

  20. Travel Vocabulary Notecard

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