Archive for August, 2008
The Iguazu Falls
So I caught the bus with Via Bariloche to Puerto Iguazu which was about £30. The bus was very comfortable; much more so than buses in England. After dinner they played a Disney movie called Game Plan about American football (and ballet) which was quite bad but still fairly entertaining; it contained the worlds most [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: Argentina, buses, iguazu, South America
Comments: 2
I’ve lost my phone
Today I lost my UK mobile phone so you won’t be able to contact me on it. O2 are letting me keep my number (which is nice of them) so I’ll be able to call you when I return to the UK next March.
Posted: August 27th, 2008 under Travelling.
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Buenos Aires
After arriving in Buenos Aires on Saturday I headed down on the subte to Plaza de Mayo where I had a bit of a wander the trains are still in their original 1913 form and were surprisngly quiet and comfortable though they didn’t even have automatic doors (and the stations even have wifi!) Unfortunately it [...]
Posted: August 25th, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: Argentina, Buenos Aires, culture, South America
Comments: none
Argentina and Flying
Due to the fact that I’m flying in and out of BA (Buenos Aires) I’ll be spending quite a bit of time there. I also have a visa to apply for here which may restrict my movement a bit. Anyway this is also the first city I’m going to where I don’t know anyone and [...]
Posted: August 23rd, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: airports, Argentina, Buenos Aires, poverty
Comments: 1
Chicago airport
Guess what? American Airlines were so happy about their 100% delay record that they kindly delayed my flight to Argentina as well! And by 80 minutes too! Thanks guys, I love spending hours at the airport, its so much fun!
Update: credit where it’s due, they moved me so I get noone sitting next to me.
Posted: August 22nd, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: airports, Chicago, joyous delays
Comments: none
Thoughts on the Smart Home
I said I’d discuss in more detail about why I didn’t like the Chicago Smart home. I don’t really want to be too political/critical in my blog but the environment is a really important issue at the moment and it really affected me that it really wasn’t very good. The building itself was designed to [...]
Posted: August 22nd, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: America, Chicago
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The rest of my time in Chicago
Yesterday evening I went out to Plymouth bar in downtown Chicago; this bar had a roof terrace which was popular though it had a great view overlooking a car park and the “L” tracks. I also had burger 4 of my time in Chicago there (I had 2 on Sunday and 1 more on Monday [...]
Posted: August 21st, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: America, Chicago, culture
Comments: none
Museums in Chicago
Yesterday I had some chores to complete including uploading some more photos; due to Vista having problems remembering how to drag files from my camera there may be some strange immissions but there should be still a good selection.
After completing my chores for the day I headed to the museum of contemporary art as it’s [...]
Posted: August 20th, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: America, Chicago, culture
Comments: 2
Misc stuff
Just a reminder that you can view my photos from the links to “Matthew’s photos” links at the top and left of each page.
So you can see all the pictures feel free to add me as a Flickr contact more information is available in the welcome post and this post. As I don’t always have [...]
Posted: August 18th, 2008 under Site News.
Tags: Flickr
Comments: none
Chicago
After arriving yesterday in Chicago I went out in the evening with some friends and we went to a Chicago pizza restaurant called gramaldies then we headed to a bar with live music called the Hideout which was hidden away in an industrial district in northern Chicago.
Then the next day I went to watch the [...]
Posted: August 17th, 2008 under Travelling.
Tags: America, Chicago
Comments: none