Archive for July 4th, 2006

Happy 4th!

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Buenos Aires – Happy July 4th to all my friends back in The States! I haven’t decided it I’m going to try to do something here at, say, one of the expat bars, for the 4th. Several are advertising things like “hotdogs, hamburgers, and fireworks” that somehow just don’t grab me. Burgers and hotdogs need [...]

Opening Night of the Palio

Tuesday, July 4th, 2006

Buenos Aires – The Palio opened up, I believe, on Sunday night, at least according to all my sources. Not that they run the Palio here in Argentina, though there are certainly enough horses and races around, but to the best of my knowledge it continues in its traditional location of Siena, Italy. On the [...]