Chilango vs. Porteño

I revisited Buenos Aires with new eyes. Last time I swept through, I had spent several months in Chile and adjusted fairly easily. This time, after a 13 hour journey from Mexico, I got a taste of the extremes of Latin America. I had almost forgotten that the accent, customs and many of the words are completely different and still needed a few days to adjust and understand. When I asked the hotel receptionist a question (in decent mexican Spanish, mind you) he asked if I understood Spanish. Go figure. Another humbling lesson in international relations and the need for personalized local solutions. I guess the process of adapting a US-based program for México has taught me a fair amount, but now that we're adapting the México program for Argentina and Brazil, I see all the more the complexity and consequences of globalization.

Anyway, I went for a week of work, but stayed with a friend for the weekend and had a few great experiences, which I will share by image:

1. Passing over the Andes in Late Summer:


2. A despedida de solter@ (bachelor and bachelorette party in one) with the cousins and me.












3. A leisurely day along the Rio de la Plata