LebensUndLeidensZeichen: Buenos Aires

I have now spend about one week here in the capital of Argentina. The weather became gradually better and I even made some Argentinian and Venezuelan friends. Being a European tourist here is so much different from Asia and Oceania. People naturally assume that I speak Spanish. Even in the most popular areas English is not all that common and I met many people who never met a German before. In Australia and NZ we are almost a pest :D). So I am really pushed to improve my Spanish skills here.

Rainy Streets of Palermo

Buenos Aires at good weather

There are many dogs here in the city. In the parks you see what happens with them when the holders are at work :/

Japanese Gardens

Memorial of German Immigrants

Apart from arriving officially earlier than I departed in Auckland (crossing the date line (is that something like the modern end of the world?) I also got a 9h time shift to Auckland. I got pretty bad jetlag, and sleep usually twice a day. It proved very very useful for the Argentinian life pattern though. The nightlife here starts around midnight, but many people do not go out before 2am. Even now in winter (10°C) many people sit outside to enjoy their beers or late night dinners. You have a late afternoon siesta till about 21:00, then you go out till late night, get some 3h sleep and then get up rather late for work (or sightseeing). Very different rhythm to the English speaking world. I met Josema on my first night in Buenos Aires and he invited my to his birthday night out. So I quickly met heaps of people.

Germany against France. I finally met some Germans (like 3, the rest in the pub were French :D