Let’s Get Lost international correspondents spreading the word in a cafe on San Telmo’s Plaza Dorrego, Buenos Aires. Believe it or not this place even provides you with a carving tool so that you can leave your mark or profess your love on their furniture. Just plain cool.
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I’ve got friends travelling through Argentina now and family heading to Buenos Aires in a few short weeks. So I thought I’d do a quick packing round up. Cowboy booties are useful for strolls through the many parks and on the sometimes less than pristine streets, but the heat in the peak of the Argentinean [...]
We stayed on Plaza Dorrego in San Telmo, stunning apartment in a charmingly run-down Art Nouveau building. Perks: our colorful neighbours were very easy to spy on since our hallway window looked on to their courtyard; Incredibly high ceilings that diffused the heat; Steps away from daily tango and flamenco performances on the Plaza…
a. Vintage match boxes from Mercado de San Telmo
b. “Buenos Aires—Out of Series” book, the perfect way to remember the city, showcasing photo series of
street signs, mailboxes, meat packaging and even doggy doo-doo!
c. Yerba Mate, caffeinated herbal tea
d. Hollowed-out gourd with a silver straw ‘bombadilla’, so you can enjoy it like a local
