¡Feliz Bicentenario Argentina!
¡Feliz Bicentenario Argentina!
Este mes (el 25 de mayo) Argentina celebró el bicentenario de su república. Aquí está un enlace a un sitio que trata sobre la historia de Argentina, década por década. Además ofrece unos pocos videos que me parecen muy interesantes y también parecen ser útiles para practicar español.
Por favor, siéntase en libertad de intercambiar cualquier información (fotos, historias, sitios que le gustaría visitar, etc) sobre este tema que desee.
(Por favor, corregid mi español).
Happy 200th Anniversary Argentina!
This month (May 25th) Argentina celebrated its 200th anniversary. Here is a link to a site that deals with the history of Argentina, decade by decade. It also offers a few videos that look interesting and appear to be useful for practicing Spanish.
Please feel free to share any information (pictures, stories, anecdotes, places you would like to visit, etc) that you might wish regarding this theme.
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You can't miss this if you come to Argentina!!!!
The Colón Theatre, known for its acoustics, shone once again with a gala that launched its re-opening after a three-year restoration process, as the milestone of the Bicentenary celebrations being held this weekend to commemorate the Argentine independence.
With 2,700 special guests and a crowd that gathered outside before the theatre's majestic façade, the ceremony began on the street on an enormous stage where 120 dancers gave a show, while giant images of the coliseum's history were projected on its walls.
The multimedia show flooded the façade with lights, color, and music on the 9 de Julio Avenue, the centre of the Bicentenary festivities, where thousands of people participated in the mega-feast that began last Friday.
The director of the theatre, Pedro García Caffi, welcomed the re-opening and considered that the important thing was "to give back the theatre to the people."
"May the Colón, through its shows, give back to the people the best it has to offer, excellence in the arts," he said.
Uruguayan President José Mujica assisted the ceremony and is to remain in Buenos Aires until Tuesday, when the week of festivities will end, along with his colleagues from Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Brazil.
The special guests enjoyed an artistic programming that included the Huemac dance, the third act of Swan Lake, and the second act of the La Boheme opera, in charge of the Orchestra, the Ballet, and the stable choirs of the Theatre and the Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires.
The Colón Theatre was inaugurated in 1908, only two years before the festivities of the first one hundred years of the Mayo Revolution, that paved way for Argentina's independence from Spain, proclaimed in 1816.
This is just because I always like to see things on a map first. 
What is interesting to me is that Argentina shares the same variety of climates as the U.S. However, everything is in reverse.
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Diarios de Motocicleta es una película biográfica basada en los diarios de viaje de dos argentinos, Ernesto Guevara y Alberto Granado. He visto esta estupenda peli cinco veces y me encanta.
The Motorcycle Diaries is a film based on the memoir of two Argentinians, Ernesto Guevara and Alberto Granado. I've seen this great film five times and I love it.
This is Puerto Madryn, a small city in Patagonia where I lived some years. A really beautiful place with a lot of places around to visit. ![alt text][1]
During the Spring, the whales go inside the "Golfo Nuevo" to reproduce. I still remember watching them jumping in the sea from my apartment's window.
[1]: http://www.bolsonweb.com.ar/diariobolson/imagenes/Marzo 2007/puertomadrynn2121.jpg
This is not about Argentina but ............
HISTORIA (Sucre Bolivia)
Fundada por el español Pedro de Anzures en 1540, inicialmente con el nombre de "La Plata", se convirtió en una ciudad muy importante durante toda la época colonial, fue aquí donde se concibió la independencia de Bolivia. Su arquitectura colonial y sus museos son una clara señal de su historia y cultura, tradiciones que han perdurado através del tiempo y cuyos visitantes podrán apreciar, sus museos exhiben cuadros, firguras religiosas, muebles, vestimentas y piedras preciosas de valor incalculable. Sucre es la ciudad en que se dio el primer grito libertario de América, el 25 de mayo de 1809, y donde se firmó el Acta de la Independencia del dominio español, el 6 de agosto de 1825. Años después, se la designa Capital de Bolivia. Sucre es también llamada la ciudad de los 4 nombres, correspondiendo cada uno de ellos a un período de su vida.
Sucre is the most pleasing of all Bolivian cities - its centre is almost pure colonial.
Perito Moreno Glacier
Este es el helado glaciar Perito Moreno. Se dice que este glaciar, que comparten Argentina y Chile en el extremo sur de La Patagonia, tiene dos millones de años de antigüedad. Mide una altura de 60 metros en el frente. Debido a su peso tremendo, a veces se desprenden enormes masas de hielo que al precipitarse producen un estruendo comparable al de los truenos.
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This is the frozen glacier Perito Moreno. It is said that this glacier, which is shared by Argentina and Chile in the extreme south of Patagonia, is at least two million years old. It stands 60 meters high at its front. Because of its tremendous weight enormous masses of ice sometimes break free that, when they fall, produce a din so loud it is comparable to the sound of thunder.
Argentina means "land of silver". First, of course, I would like to visit Benz. After that, anywhere near the coast.
25 de Mayo!
I well remember parking the company car on the wrong side of the lamppost that marked the end of the valid parking area and having to go and bail it out. Sadly, nobody told me, at that time, why the Avenida 25 de Mayo was so called. Equally sadly, nobody told me that there were no notices in situations like that because notices were almost immediately stolen for firewood.
Nonetheless, la republica Argentina was a wonderful place to get acquainted with Latin America and I enjoyed every minute of it.
Wow ! What a beautiful country , and so good to see and hear of all the positive aspects of a country. I too would love to visit , maybe Benz could arrange a "language stay and learn school" we may be able to get a cheap group booking wouldn't that be great. 
When I was a kid I used to love watching Diego Maradona - a super-naturally gifted footballer, a true virtuoso. Yes - I know, I know - I'm a football mad Brit but to me this is pure poetry. This is the reason I love Argentina. 
Hooray for Argentina!!
