NADIA, ISABELA, DAVID, FELIPE

Our 8 day trip to…Buenos Aires

Language

Spanish is the dominant language in Argentina with over 60% of people who speak it.

Being in Buenos Aires would push us to become more fluent with our Spanish.

“Spanish is the official language in Buenos Aires. English is widely spoken, with some French and German too.” – www.worldtravelguide.net

Buenos where…?

Buenos Aires is the capital of the Argentine Republic.

With over 3 million people living there, its more opportunities to practice what we know.

Money

Argentina pesos/American dollarsJust $1.00 in US Dollars is €3.90 in Argentina

PesosWe will be taking about $513 which will be

right around €2,000

€ or $

Popular Foods in Buenas Aires

“Lomo”- this food is a great steak similar to Filet Mignon, many people get a food called “lomito” from fast food restaurants, this is like a hamburger.

Many of the popular meats you will find served in Buenas Aires are " Chorizo“ (sausage) , " Bife de Costilla“ (t-bone), “ Entraña“ (skirt steak), " Morcilla“ (blood sausage), " Tira de Asado” (ribs), and various internal organs such as, " Riñones"(kidneys), these are all served in Asados (barbeques) or Parillas (grill houses).

A great dessert to try in Buenas Aires is empanadas, these are little pie filled pastries. These are served fried or baked.

A popular dessert found in Buenas Aires as well as Spain is the churro which is a fried pastrie sprinkled with sugar

“Dulce de Leche” is something that many Argentineans are very fond of, it translates to “milk sweet” and is a sweet spread used for cookies, cakes, pastries, etc.

Dulce de Leche

Empanadas

Churro

Bife de Costilla Tira de

Asado

Flight Plan

11:00 am Depart Phoenix (PHX)Arrive Buenos Aires (EZE) 7:45 Sunday

Fly out 8 days laterPaid for by tax creditStay at Rayuela Hostel Boutique for 8 nights

8.48€/night 8 nights 67.84 € per person, for hostel High Safety rate: 96.8 Free breakfast, linens, towels Air conditioning, hot showers and internet Lockers in dorms

Hostel Rayuela

Some restaurants and cafes we will visit…

Las Violetas Museo del JamonLa BielaUn Altra VoltaCafe Tortoni

Las Violetas

Museo del Jamon

Madero Tango

La BielaUn altra Volta

Places to Visit

Alberto J. Armando Stadium (Monday) Soccer stadium

La Boca (Monday) Old district of Buenas Aires

Avenida 9 de Julio (Tuesday) the widest road in the world home to the Buenos Aires Obelisk monument

Plaza San Martín (Wednesday) Plaza in honor of San Martín, liberator of Argentina

from SpainRecoleta Cemetery (Thursday)

Cemetery for wealthy Argentineans

Places To Visit

San Telmo: antique fair only on Sunday (Sunday)

Teatro Colón: The city’s great opera house. Performances are relatively inexpensive (Wednesday) Madres de Plaza de Mayo: Thursday enjoy mothers march in the plaza then listen to their speeches (Thursday)

Subte A line: the only subway line in the city that still has the old wooden cars (Friday)

Av de Mayo: the best architecture in the city. Start at Plaza de Mayo and walk towards Congreso. (Friday)

MALBA: Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires supposedly has one of the best collections of contemporary Latin American art. (Saturday)

Madres de Plaza de Mayo-

Teatro Colón-

Alberto J. Armando Stadium

At the day of inauguration, the stadium was surprisingly nicknamed 'Bombonera' as it is most commonly known now

A local professional soccer club plays there

La BocaLa Boca is the oldest, most colorful, and most

authentic neighborhood in Buenos Aires.The neighborhood was settled and built by Italian

immigrants that worked in the warehouses and meatpacking plants in the area

Avenida 9 de Juliowidest road in the worldhome to the Buenos Aires Obelisk monument

The Obelisk is a modern monument placed at the heart of Buenos Aires. It was built in May 1936 to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the first founding of the city.

Plaza San Martín

one of the various historical districts of the city of Buenos Aires

San Martín, is the name of Argentina's independence hero: Don José de San Martín

Recoleta Cemetery

• Cemetery for wealthy Argentineans

Recoleta is Buenos Aires ritziest and wealthiest neighborhood, with superb old mansions along the Avenida Alvear.

Recoleta Cemetery houses most of Argentina’s forefathers and outstanding public celebrities as well as politicians

Travel Vocabulary Notecard Confirmar el vuelo To confirm a flight

Hacer la maleta To pack a suitcase

Hacer un viaje To take a trip

Ir de vacaciones Take a vacation

viajar To travel

El Boleto Ticket

El boleto de idea y vuelta Round trip tickiet

El iquipaje Luggage

¿Cual es la especialidad de la casa? What is the specialty of the house?

¿Me puede traer? Can you bring me…?

El entremes Appetizer

La especialidad Specialty

El filete de parilla Grilled steak

La cuchara Spoon

El cuchillo Knife

La sirvilleta Napkin

El tenedor Fork

El vaso Glass

Cenar To have dinner

Desayunar To have breakfast

La merienda Afternoon snack