Check out the bottom two photos of Argentine dog walkers! The first time I saw 8-20 dogs passing me by I was in awe, it was very impressive! However, you definitely don't want to be caught behind the herd.
Have a great day and enjoy!
Now that we have settled in to our new Buenos Aires apartment I can finally write a little bit about our neighborhood and our first impressions of the Argentinian culture. To start off, we live in a neighborhood called Núñez and it's located on the north side of the city. The area seems very nice with lots of houses, apartment buildings, little shops, restaurants and a plethora of sport clubs. Honestly, I have never seen so many sport clubs in one area, there are soccer, tennis, polo, equestrian, basketball, and muti-sport complexes on every corner! People definitely stay very active here and I love it! Our area is also where the famous Club Atlético River Plate is located. Never heard of it?! Neither have we but from what we can tell there are two huge fútbol clubs in Buenos Aires and you are either a River or a Boca fan. I think it's better that we stick to River since it's just down the street from our apartment. During the last home game we could actually hear fans chanting all the way from our apartment, which is about half a mile away. We can't wait to check out a home game! The Núñez neighborhood all the way to Palermo has a lot of parks filled with running paths. (Basically the right side of the above map.) At every hour of the day you can see joggers and bikers crusin' around the different paths (well except at night). Some areas of the parks are sponsored by Gatorade so if one pleases they can do pull ups, abs and a variety of different exercises on outdoor fitness equipment. Very cool! We live in a six story apartment building that has a pool on the top. Yup, a pool! It's nothing fancy but still a great outdoor space with a grill and a nice view of the surroundings. We absolutely love our new apartment! It has an open concept, wooden floors, big kitchen, two bathrooms and two bedrooms - basically everything we were looking for in our house hunt in Milwaukee! Funny that we were able to have it all abroad. The Porteños as the people of Buenos Aires like to call themselves, are overall very friendly! Most will try to help you or have a conversation with you. We have to keep saying that our Spanish is not very good but none of them care and will go on an on about whatever they want to tell you, which is very refreshing! We might only understand a handful of words but its nice to have a leg up in the language department since both Dan and I took Spanish for a number of years. Once in a while we do get a couple of meanies at our local Carefour, a supermarket, who roll their eyes when you give them a big bill at the checkout. I guess small bills and coins are hard to come by and people in general don't like giving change. The Obras Sanitarias arena is very close to our apartment, about a 7-10 block walk. The arena is located inside a bigger sport complex with tennis courts, a fitness center, daycare, as well as a soccer field. From the outside the purple-blueish building doesn't look impressive (the construction on the front doesn't help it's overall appearance) but inside the arena and court are very nice! The arena is black with a mixture of yellow and black seating. The team has been nicknamed Los Tacheros, a word used to refer to Argentine taxi drivers, since the Obras uniforms are the same black and yellow colors as those of taxi cabs. At first we were a bit confused when fans would say "Vamos Tacheros!" but now I can join in the chanting! There are a lot of dogs in Buenos Aires, lots! It's actually making me want to get a little companion for when Dan goes on long road trips. Lots of dogs means lots of dog poop everywhere! For some reason people are not inclined to pick up after their dog here. So while walking down the many streets of Buenos Aires make sure you look down because otherwise a little surprise might be waiting for you on your shoe when you get home. Check out the bottom two photos of Argentine dog walkers! The first time I saw 8-20 dogs passing me by I was in awe, it was very impressive! However, you definitely don't want to be caught behind the herd. Check out this short video of dog walkers in Buenos Aires to really see for yourself this unique Buenos Aires job. The other thing that I love about our neighborhood is all the street art, aka graffiti. Some of the random writing is very annoying because it ruins the charm of older homes but some has been applied to transform older homes into works of art. Everywhere you go, you can see buildings covered with multi-colored graffiti. That's all for now ;)
Have a great day and enjoy!
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