Comments on: Street-Walker (Walking Tours)

By: Keep On Keepin’ On

Keep On Keepin’ On — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:01:50 +0000

[…] keep repeating it, and what they might do about that… all this, by the way, is leading up to a little walking tour (or several) of the “Supreme Directors” as these seven were known… you know, food, wine, […]

By: dan

dan — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:18:37 +0000

It’s actually been quite a fascinating project. One of the reasons it’s gone so slowly is that for each of the leaders, before I “walk the walk”, I’ve taken time to read up on him, and among the earliest ones – particularly those Supreme Directors, there’s not a lot of biographical info available. I might actually have one of the better collections of Argentine leaders’ biographies around these days, at least in scope, if not in quantity. (I think I might have one of the last extant copies of Posadas’ biography out there – the national library doesn’t even have one!)

By: Edward

Edward — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:36:02 +0000

“One way to get to know a country’s past is through its leaders – the process of selection and who gets selected tells you quite a bit about the state of the union at different points in time.”

So true! Any time we are about to embark on a trip, particularly in a city like BA that is suited to “street-walking” (name made us laugh ;-), we make a point of learning about the history of where we’re going. In part, as you say, for the sake of simple historical curiosity, but also in part to get a feel for the real lay of the land. Great tip.