Claydine and HuberaSanti:

A good day would be March 18, as I have decided to do my tour preferably on Saturdays or Sundays, so it does not interfere with my work.

Please write to the e-mail indicated several times in this thread, giving me more information about yourselves, your interests, where you plan to stay, plus anything you believe would be of interest to me.

But Av, if you switch to the weekends, you lose the fun of shoving other commuters aside to get a seat on the train!

Well, I guess we'll have to shove the weekenders aside, instead of the commuters!!

This is in answer to an e-mail from Jeff Salyer, who is planning to come to BA in mid April:

Your question ("recommendations") is too general. I suggest you research this forum and the tripadvisor.com Argentina forum and you will find the answers to most or all of the questions you can possibly imagine about Buenos Aires and our country, from a tourist's point of view.

This way, you'll get input from many different sources, which should enable you to make better choices.

Once you have an idea of what the alternatives of greater interest to you and your family are, you can ask more specific questions on one or both of these forums.

Have a great time in our country.

I shall be in Buenos Aires by the end of this week. I am wondering if it is possible to take your by now famours tour.
As you know I have lived in the past in Buenos Aires, and go fairly often but I am always happy to learn and see new things. Thks.

Sure, Graziella. Write to me to check date availability and arrange for it.

Hello again mr rooster, we just met on tripadvisor i think! seems a very popular thing you have going here.

would i qualify for taking your tour? - i am only one person (i have an argentine girlfriend but i doubt she would want to take the tour, she is a little scared of the REAL Buenos Aires!) and have been in argentina teaching for over a year (i´m from england originally. with a bit of irish too). not sure if i match your requirements exactly! let me know...

Well, Mr. Abasto, now you are on MY turf, so tread carefully!!!! LOL!!!!

If you have attentively read my thread, you should know whether or not you qualify.

My tour is a barter proposal, which means you may have to show me YOUR town, if I ever get there.

Definitely NO tour unless your girl friend comes along!!! No danger, EVEN for an Argentine girl who fraternizes with a Briton. LOL!!!!!

So, if you feel you qualify, write to me to the mail indicated somewhere in this thread.

treading carefully....

sorry, i was way too lazy to wade through the whole thread! i did see the barter proposal part and kind of elected to ignore it, seeing as i don't plan on returning to my home town for a long time. i love argentina! (y mi novia tambien!)

but i can at least agree to it in principle ;-)

i will email sometime soon (though not immediatey). thanks av!

I just have one quick question. What's the national dish in Argentina and where can I try the best? I'm gonna 2 days in Buenos Aires in late March(I know it doesn't do BA any justice for such a short trip!)

The national dish is.....STEAK, preferably washed down with MALBEC wine....FLAN with DULCE de LECHE for dessert. For a side dish, try PURE de CALABAZA (mashed pumpkin squash....like sweet potato, only better).....

Pasta is everywhere as well..

Hijackers!!!!! LOL!!!!

Is there any great ice-cream shop around the Plaza San Martin area(or easily accessible by subte)?

hijackers indeed! though any hijacker that likes ice cream is a friend of mine...

fatbully, freddo is the most famous ice cream chain here in BA, and despite being a chain, it is pretty damn good in my opinion (up there with the ice cream parlours in rome and florence).

i believe the closest freddo to the marriott plaza hotel in plaza san martin is under three blocks away. walk down florida, the pedestrian street that starts almost right outside the hotel, for two blocks, cross the main road (cordoba) and then on your left is the shopping centre "galerias pacifico". there is a freddo inside there, in the downstairs foodcourt. plus it is a nice building, make sure you LOOK UP at the murals on the dome whilst enjoying the ice cream.

of course, you have to try a dulce de leche variation flavour. imho.

yum.

A fat hijacker and a British hijacker!!! LOL!!! Well, as long as they like Argentina, it's OK.

I'll definitely try freddo. btw, have anyone tried Chungo or Volta ice cream?

Volta is outstanding icecream, but there is not one within walking distance of the Marriott.

Munchis is very near, and the Freddos idea is a good one.

How about Persicco?

Persicco? Not one nearby the Marriott, but my favorite ice cream in Buenos Aires....Freddos and Munchis are close and the cream is yummmy

Well, I guess ice cream must be part of the REAL Buenos Aires, or so thinks Doc Holliday!!!!!