Comments on: A Part of Buenos Aires http://www.futuregringo.com/index.php/2009/10/24/a-part-of-buenos-aires/ Denver | Colorado | Travel | Culture Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:16:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: James Van Dellen http://www.futuregringo.com/index.php/2009/10/24/a-part-of-buenos-aires/comment-page-1/#comment-9888 James Van Dellen Wed, 02 Dec 2009 05:56:25 +0000 http://www.futuregringo.com/?p=3174#comment-9888 Hi Tony - thanks for the visit and note. I definitely noticed the old ladies who carefully navigate the streets with their canes. They remind me of my Grandma and her three sisters, (my great aunts,) getting helped in and out of cars while delicately managing the icy Michigan sidewalks. As elegant as the older ladies in Buenos Aires dress I also noticed many ease their walks by wearing big dark comfy looking tennis shoes when doing errands along the street - as I probably would too. (I like to people watching while sitting outside eating empanadas :) Cheers and all the best - James... Hi Tony – thanks for the visit and note.

I definitely noticed the old ladies who carefully navigate the streets with their canes. They remind me of my Grandma and her three sisters, (my great aunts,) getting helped in and out of cars while delicately managing the icy Michigan sidewalks.

As elegant as the older ladies in Buenos Aires dress I also noticed many ease their walks by wearing big dark comfy looking tennis shoes when doing errands along the street – as I probably would too.

(I like to people watching while sitting outside eating empanadas :)

Cheers and all the best – James…

]]> By: Tony Trainor http://www.futuregringo.com/index.php/2009/10/24/a-part-of-buenos-aires/comment-page-1/#comment-9885 Tony Trainor Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:51:46 +0000 http://www.futuregringo.com/?p=3174#comment-9885 Nice coaster! Reminds me of running about San Telmo and seeing rats the size of cats sharing lunch in the middle of the street... probably because they were equally wary of the sdewalks! The reason for the mish-mash of pavings outside most private buildings is a lack of responsibility on the part of the municipality. Consequently, most apartment owners are left to do the job themselves in a display of one-upmanship. Did I mention my broken foot? This wasn't caused by the appalling state of public pavements but by the failure of hotel/hostel/apartment owners to paint safety lines indicating the edges of steps... I was emerging from the shower at the time, and it hurt! Most people in Argentina are physically fit and take such mishaps in their stride. However, in my four years in Buenos Aires I witnessed three old ladies come a cropper on the wobbly sidewalks. My advice is always to find a seat and stay put, and avoid getting on and off buses (bondis) at all cost! Nice coaster! Reminds me of running about San Telmo and seeing rats the size of cats sharing lunch in the middle of the street… probably because they were equally wary of the sdewalks! The reason for the mish-mash of pavings outside most private buildings is a lack of responsibility on the part of the municipality. Consequently, most apartment owners are left to do the job themselves in a display of one-upmanship.

Did I mention my broken foot? This wasn’t caused by the appalling state of public pavements but by the failure of hotel/hostel/apartment owners to paint safety lines indicating the edges of steps… I was emerging from the shower at the time, and it hurt!

Most people in Argentina are physically fit and take such mishaps in their stride. However, in my four years in Buenos Aires I witnessed three old ladies come a cropper on the wobbly sidewalks. My advice is always to find a seat and stay put, and avoid getting on and off buses (bondis) at all cost!

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