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Lewis the Lion and the Arts in Buenos Aires

As you know Lewis the Lion loves learning new things and appreciating the finer things in life, especially music, art, drama and dance. Well, in Buenos Aires he had come just to the right place (as we have already discovered … Continue reading

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Lewis the Lion explores Tigre, the ‘Venice’ of Buenos Aires

While reading his guidebook on South America, Lewis the Lion discovered that right beside Buenos Aires was a very different sort of a place. A place that would make you feel like you had escaped the city altogether. This place … Continue reading

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Lewis the Lion goes to a Polo Match

Before Lewis started his journey around the world he made a list of the different activities he would like to do when he visited different countries, for example, he knew that he wanted to go to the carnival in Brazil. … Continue reading

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Lewis the Lion celebrates Easter in Buenos Aires

Lewis the Lion seemed to be in the right place at the right time for experiencing so many cultural experiences. None more so than over the Easter period. Argentina is a Catholic country and as he was right in the … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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