February 2020 - TinyTeddyTravels

Recoleta Cemetary – Tales from the graves.

February 23, 2020 tinyteddy

About the cemetery. Recoleta cemetery is the burial place of Evita Peron but also many other famous Argentinians. It was established in 1822 in what was then a very empty part of the city. The cemetery was basically for the […]

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Mate – Not for me

February 16, 2020 tinyteddy

Mate!. You don’t need to do much research or look far to discover Mate. It is the national drink of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. You will see people drinking it everywhere. Mate is prepared using the dried leaves of the […]

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Museum of Decorative Art – Its all about the family that once lived here

February 16, 2020 tinyteddy

its a hard to believe that this was once a family home and that’s what makes this museum so fascinating. This glorious mansion was once owned by the aristocratic family Errazuriz-Alavear. Each of fthe many room remains much as they […]

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MALBA – Some pretty amazing Latin American Art

February 16, 2020 tinyteddy

This is one of Buenos Aires principle museums featuring predominantly Latin American art from the 20th century, it was also the first time i actually went to an art gallery on a guided tour. We all go to galleries and […]

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The Malvinas – The Falklands – you can’t avoid the subject

February 15, 2020 tinyteddy

The Falkland’s or Malvinas as they are called in Argentina was a 10 week war between Argentina and the UK. It started on 2 April when Argentina invaded not only the Falklands but South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. […]

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Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena and Corina Kavanagh,

February 15, 2020 tinyteddy

This story clearly gives meaning to the the expression “hell hath no fury as a woman’s wrath”.. Once upon a time there was a very wealthy woman called Mrs Mercedes Castellanos de Anchorena. Having spent time in Paris she wanted […]

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Maradona, Messi and the Holy Grail

February 15, 2020 tinyteddy

A couple of Argentinian’s that need no introduction. Who will ever forget the hand of Maradona when he played that match against England but lets move on from that. So this is what I discovered about them in Argentina. Of […]

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Madres – The mothers

February 15, 2020 tinyteddy

The story of the mothers is a huge party of Argentinian history which played out during the dictatorship between 1976-1983. This symbol can be found in plaza de Maya. It’s a large square in the center of town and a […]

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Botanical Gardens – what was the fuss over the statue

February 9, 2020 tinyteddy

I went to the Botanical Gardens (more about them in another post) but first a rather interesting story about one of the statues. The gardens have many statues but one in particular stands out. It;s called Saturnalia, The statue dates […]

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Mafalda – Argentina’s other lady.

February 8, 2020 tinyteddy

Ok you would be hard put to not think of Eva Peron as Argentina’s most famous lady but a few words about this other rather adorable young lady. Maflada is a famous comic strip character created by Quino. Mafalda was […]