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Lewis the Lion gets political in Argentina
Maybe it was the fact that Lewis the Lion was living right in the centre of Buenos Aires on the road that ran from Congress to Parliament, but he just couldn’t seem to escape the politics. People in Argentina seemed … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion sees Boca Juniors play football
Lewis the Lion was very excited when he woke up one Sunday morning in Buenos Aires. He was going to watch a football match at perhaps the most famous football stadium in Argentina that evening: “La Bombonera,” home to Boca … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion visits an unusual cemetery
One of the main tourist attractions in Buenos Aires is surprisingly a cemetery in a place called Recoleta. The reason that it is so popular is because not only is the most expensive bit of real estate in Buenos Aires … Continue reading
Lewis at the Buenos Aires Street Car Race
Lewis the Lion seemed to have struck gold when he was in Buenos Aires as for the first time in 60 years there was a street car race along its wide avenues! He certainly is one lucky, little lion! Furthermore, … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion and the Post-Office Palava
Sometimes as Lewis the Lion travelled around South America, he realised just how British he was, particularly in terms of his expectations for customer service. Everything in South America seemed to be much more laid-back, so for example, no-one would … Continue reading
Lewis and the Argentine Currency
When Lewis the Lion arrived in Argentina, this was the third currency he had to contend with – the Argentine Peso. However, after getting used to Brazilian Reais it was almost double that amount to get the conversion back to … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion visits a spectacular bookshop
Buenos Aires is a very rich cultural city. Education plays an important part of Argentine culture with university being free for its inhabitants. Due to this, Buenos Aires has many bookstores. However, perhaps the most impressive of them all is … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion learns the etiquette of Maté drinking
One of the things that had struck Lewis the Lion from the moment he had crossed the Brazilian border into Uruguay and then onto Argentina was the number of people he saw carrying thermal flasks, maté pots and silver, metal … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion learns about Tango
As Lewis the Lion discovered more about the city of Buenos Aires, the word “tango” seemed to permeate the air around him. From street signs to tango clubs, from music shops blaring out tango music to newspaper stands with tango … Continue reading
Lewis the Lion explores the neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires
After a couple of days, Lewis the Lion went to stay in some new accommodation. He could forget the fancy four-star hotel in the centre: it was time to live like a proper back-backer again and stay in a dormitory … Continue reading