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IT takes only a few days before you look around Buenos Aires and tell yourself, "I can live here." The short, slight man working the cafe a few metres from our apartment waves as I walk by. The well-fed news vendor, a block away, happily hands me the day's papers whether I have change or not. I'll pay whenever.
Buenos Aires, we quickly realize, is a mecca for the hedonist tourist, regardless of your credit limit. March through the city's main downtown, or microcentro, where the bank towers and their attendant hotels dominate, cross the 20-lane Avenida 9 de Julio, billed as the world's widest boulevard, and you can dine at the Tomo Uno, where a gourmet lunch or dinner can be had at prices well below North American expense-account budgets.Tango is part of the fabric and identity of Argentina, a steamy dance and infectious music that speaks to the country's simmering sexuality, its history of immigration and oppression. Young groups, like the Fernandez Fierro Orchestra Tipica, are invigorating the dance form. However, for the most part, classic tango -- where couples dance out their desire in elegant suits and slinky, slit skirts -- has been given a fresh coat of paint and relegated to overpriced dinner shows, where the food is mediocre and the dance hit-and-miss.See the full content of this document
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Buenos Aires: 'I Can Live Here'
Splendours of Europe at one-third the price
By David ShermanIT takes only a few days before you look around Buenos Aires and tell yourself, "I can live here." The short, slight man working the cafe a few metres from our apartment waves as I walk by. The well-...See the full content of this document
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