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Visiting The Always Fun City of Buenos Aires, Argentina
It was an easy flight from Chicago to Washington, DC but then a long 5-hour layover until our 12-hour flight left for Buenos Aires with a 10:00 am arrival the next day. Around 4-5 planes (Air France,...
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Buenos Aires Shopping and San Telmo Flea Market, Argentina
Buenos Aires has quite a few new shopping areas. The most hip and trendiest are in the Palermo District, Palermo Viejo and Palermo Soho with street after street filled with little boutiques. HINT: The...
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Evita, Recoleta Cemetery and Che Guevara – Argentina Icons
Today’s sightseeing involved Evita, Eva Peron. Almost every tourist makes the pilgrimage to Recoleta Cemetery (free) to see her family’s mausoleum there. View image… The cemetery is filled with...
View ArticleNavigating Buenos Aires Ezeiza International Airport, Argentina
Most international flights leave Buenos Aires between 9:00 pm and 1:00 am. Air Malaysia, Lufthansa, Delta, United, American, Continental, COPA (Panama), LAN Chile, CAM (Brazil), GOL (Brazil), British...
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One Last Day in Ushuaia, Argentina
The Disembarkation routine: 6:00 am wake up; 6:15 am luggage outside door; 6:30-7:30 am breakfast; 7:00 am dock in Ushuaia. All passengers off ship by 8:00 am with a bus taking those on an early...
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One Last Day In Buenos Aires, Argentina and Antarctica Thoughts
In Buenos Aires on a Sunday, we walked back to the San Telmo Flea Market hoping to see everyone dressed in costumes, bands and entertainment (see earlier article…put in date when it runs). Wrong. Our...
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FLASH! Calbuco Volcano in Chile Erupts, Creates Air Travel Mess
Guess who is in Sao Paulo, Brazil instead of in Buenos Aires? That’s right, Marine Steve, myself and hundreds of other stranded passengers. United Airlines #819 was only one hour from this mornings...
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Calbuco Volcano in Chile Erupts, Creates Air Travel Mess – Day 2
And we are still here…in Sao Paolo…at GRU Airport…because our United Airlines scheduled flight from Sao Paulo to Buenos Aires at 9:00a this morning was cancelled again. (Read all about yesterday’s...
View ArticleDay 3: Take that, Calbuco!
Go ahead Calbuco…erupt all you want because Marine Steve and I made it to Buenos Aires on a TAM Airlines flight from Sao Paulo. And let’s look on the sunny side of two days worth of delays from...
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Visiting Argentina’s Hidden North
There are so many places to travel, explore and revisit. I turn to spouse Marine Steve and say, “You know, we’ve never really explored (fill in the blanks).” For example, Argentina. Argentina is vast...
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What to Know about Planning Travel to Argentina
International Air Travel? There are no nonstop flights from Chicago to Buenos Aires on United Airlines, our carrier of choice. They do fly to Buenos Aires (EZE) via Houston. Arghh.… No airline flies to...
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United Airlines BusinessFirst 767-300 – Chicago-Houston-Buenos Aires
The day began with no upgrade space available on a United Airlines sold out 737-800. There were at least 40 people on the upgrade list besides us. We now consider it a coup when our names appear among...
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An “Act of God” Diverts United Airlines to Sao Paulo, Brazil
Sao Paulo, Brazil? Sure enough, the little air map plane on United Flight 819 was heading east to Sao Paulo instead of south to Buenos Aires. Cabulco Volcano was spewing ash miles into the sky! We sent...
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TAM Airlines Lounge and A320 First Class Sao Paulo-Buenos Aires
GRU Terminal 3 opened in 2015 and includes 40 LAN and TAM check-in counters and a variety of stores, cafes and restaurants. Instead of busing back to another hotel for the day, we decided to just gut...
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Transportation at Buenos Aires Ezeiza Airport
Ezeiza Airport is 35 kilometers/21 miles from downtown Buenos Aires and takes anywhere from 30 minutes to 1-1/2 hours depending on traffic. After claiming baggage at Ezeiza, exit customs and you will...
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Review: Excellently Located Holiday Inn Express Puerto Madero – Buenos Aires
Centrally located in the Puerto Madero district, the very reasonable Holiday Inn Express offers an outstanding amenities for business and leisure travelers. Well-appointed rooms feature free Wi-Fi,...
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Astonishing and Massive San Telmo Fair in Buenos Aires
The originally planned three days and nights in Buenos Aires had now dwindled down to two nights and one full day thanks to the Volcano eruption. Luckily, this was our fourth trip to Buenos Aires and...
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Puerto Madero Waterfront Area of Buenos Aires
Tired from browsing, the heat, fighting the crowds and watching every step on treacherous cobblestones, we began walking. Head east on Humberto Street to Alicia Moreau de Justo which runs parallel to...
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Flying LAN from Buenos Aires to San Juan, Argentina
It was time for our 10-day trip into North Argentina to begin. A flight on LAN Airlines from Aeroparque Jorge Newbery (Buenos Aires’ domestic airport) to San Juan, Argentina. We made arrangements for a...
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Review: Hotel Vinas del Sol, San Juan, Argentina
It wasn’t a big deal to decide on a hotel for one night in San Juan. I booked Hotel Vinas del Sol ($104.59 USD including breakfast) using Booking. com on the side bar of this page. (Total disclosure: I...
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