Now what? You’ve gone through all that information to help prepare you for Argentina, and so what’s next?
KEEP EXPLORING! The more you read-up on the cities you will be visiting, the more you will get out of your time abroad! Remember to bounce back to Module 1 and Module 2 of this online pre-departure information any time.
Here are a few more helpful resources for the three cities you will be visiting soon!
Buenos Aires
Mix together a beautiful European-like city with attractive residents (call them porteños), gourmet cuisine, awesome shopping, a frenzied nightlife, and top-drawer activities, and you get Buenos Aires, a cosmopolitan metropolis with both slick neighborhoods and equally downtrodden neighborhoods – but that’s the appeal. It’s an elegant, seductive place with a ragged edge, laced with old-world languor, and yet full of contemporary attitude. BA is somehow strangely familiar, but unlike any other city in the world.
In between cutting-edge designer boutiques, ritzy neighborhoods, and grand parks are unkempt streets full of spewing buses and bustling fervor. Seek out the classic BA: the old-world cafes, colonial architecture, fun outdoor markets and diverse communities. Rub shoulders with the formerly rich and famous in Recoleta’s cemetery, making sure to sidestep the ubiquitous dog piles on the sidewalks. Fill your belly at a parilla (steak restaurant), then spend the night partying away in Palermo Viejo’s trendiest dance club. Hunt for that antique gem in a dusty San Telmo shop, or visit on Sunday for the barrio’s spectacularly popular fair. Learn to sweep your leg dancing the sultry tango, and then attend a super-passionate futbol match between River and Boca. These unforgettable adventures (and many more) are just waiting for you to go out and experience them.