Dear readers,
I’m happy to annouce that I have written a song about Buenos Aires. This song is for all the Argentinean people who suffered from the break down of the economy in 2001.
This is for you!
My own song: Yo Amo Buenos Aires!
Dear readers,
I still love to write about the city that I love, it has been a while that I did not write an intresting story but there is more to come. The last months I was bussy with singing and posting videos on youtube.
There are only two places in my heart, singing and Buenos Aires.
Very soon from now a new story here on Buenos Aires the city that never sleeps.
Do you want to see me sing?
Visit www.youtube.com/duncanmitchel
p.s I did a cover of Cafe Tacvba -Avientame.
Abrazos y besos!
Duncan Mitchel
Todo Sobre Buenos Aires
Bariloche-03-01-2008- Written by Duncan Mitchel-A photographer of the Argentinean press agency Telam,
filed a complaint against the bodyguard of prince Willem-Alexander and his family.
The photographer claimed to be mistreated and violated by the bodyguard of the royals when she tried to make pictures at a public road.
This was the day before New Years Eve when Maxima and Willem Alexander brought their daughter Arianne to a private clinic because she had difficulties breathing.
The photographer placed a video on You Tube, as you can see the photographer is the one who is attacking the bodyguard.
Abrazos Y Besos!
Duncan Mitchel
Buenos Aires 28-12-2007
In a rather visibly happy climate warmer than in their distant Holland the Princes and their three daughters, Amalia, Alexia and Arianne, have been portrayed in the gardens of the residence of the Dutch ambassador in Buenos Aires in the occasion of their visit to Argentina, native country of princess Maxima. The couple was very happy to be in Argentina. “The last time that we were here was along with my mother-in-law, in visit of Estadó, explained the Princess”.
Very summery Christmases shining a summery dress of orange, the Princess played during minutes with her daughters. Her high heels did not prevent her to improvise some small closing to a ball that was in the garden.
Princess Maxima is taking advantage of her stay to visit all her relatives and friends and to whom she presents/displays proud to be the benjamina of the family , as well as to make some purchases in the commercial centers specially scenery with Christmas reasons. On the other hand, the prince of Orange: Willem Alexander also took advantage of a conference that pronounced Maxima in the same Embassy of Buenos Aires to try to speak a little of Spanish. Nevertheless, he was only able to pronounce few words, although he did it with a great smile. In search of tranquility they congregated a great number of journalists there, since the visit has centered the present time of the American country. The Princess, as a result of the media tic pursuit, requested respect to mass media.
‘We want to have our moments of privacy’, protested. And added with its customary smile: ‘ For us it is very valuable to be able to have a little time while it last with our families, to be single and to enjoy Argentina.
This video of Youtube is from their wedding:
Abrazos Y Besos!
Duncan Mitchel
Buenos Aires-28-12-2007 Written by Duncan Mitchel
A gaucho is also known as someone with Spanish blood, romanticized for South American and similar to the word and usage of cowboys for the North American.These days it is still used in the Argentinean language, and it is still used mostly in Argentina. We still have gauchos, and even more then that we have the modern gaucho. The modern gaucho we can describe as a girl ore boy in Argentina’s Buenos Aires, who has a sense of flavor, style, and most of all love for their own country! This is a person, who totally adores Buenos Aires and knows everything about it, loves to tell stories: cuenta me un cuento!A modern gaucho shops at Ona Saez, drinks a cappuccino in Abasto Shopping hall, goes to La Boca to wonder around and goes to his favorite party’s that Buenos Aires is rich of. In a world of modern gauchos, there is the atmosphere, where friendliness, politeness, tolerance, disorder and mess exist side by side. Openness, sincerity, warm, combined with the great cultural heredity and the triumph of life.One of my friends who is born in Buenos Aires told me something new.Duncan you’re a real modern gaucho!
Back in those days this pictures shows a true old fashion gaucho:
Abrazos y besos!
Duncan Mitchel
Buenos Aires- 27-12-20077 Members of a gang who try to traffic 15 kilo of Cocaine that they had hidden in Christmas cards where arrested last weekend in Argentina.This is what the police stated last Thursday in Buenos Aires the city that never sleeps.The master plan was to send out cocaine Christmas wishes to Europe and Australia. They wanted to make sure that everyone would have a “white”Christmas.
Abrazos y Besos! Duncan Mitchel
Dear Readers,
I want to wish you a lovely chistmas, may al your dreams come true.
I hope that everybody in Argentina’s Buenos Aires will have a great christmas, wish that al the proud Argentineans will get love from their families, having better life curcomstances and most of al be full of life with the best of health.
Much Love!
Feliz Navidad!
Duncan Mitchel
Buenos Aires 24-12-2007 Written by Duncan Mitchel
Prince Willem Alexander and Maxima are having their vacation at the moment in Argentina, the country where Maxima was born.
Celebrating Christmas with her family is something that most Argentineans do and the weather in The Netherlands is very bad these days.
To be back in Argentina gives Maxima a lot of joy, this is the country where Maxima grew up as a kid. They had a special photo shoot last Saturday in Buenos Aires with their own family to give them rest from the press.
Abrazos y Besos!
Duncan Mitchel
Buenos Aires-20-12-2007 Written by Duncan Mitchel
The 400th anniversary about the founding of the city led to building this monument in May 1936.
It is located at Nueve de Julio (the widest road of the world) and this is in the center of the Plaza de la Republica.
Its total height is 67 meters (220 feet) and its base area is 49 square meters (530 square feet). It was designed by architect Alberto Prebisch and its construction took barely four weeks.
During the international AIDS day they put A 67 m long condom on the Obelisco
Lines Line B, Line C, and Line D of the Buenos Aires Metro have stations near the obelisk, and are connected by a number of underground passages with commercial galleries.
Abrazos Y Besos!
Duncan Mitchel
Buenos Aires-29-11-2007 Written by Duncan Mitchel
In the Paris of South America in Buenos Aires you have MC Donald’s,
this one is very special because when the end of the week “fin de semana”
starts this is the meeting area for the fashionable gay scene.
This Mc Donald’s doesn’t look different at all, for someone who is not looking clear enough, they can’t see it, but for the ones who can, I can tell ya that you can see all sorts of guys that are gay.
You can find here the hysterical gay guy who loves to be a entertainer in life up to the tuff guy with muscles.
In the Mac Café you can see couples that are enjoying their cappuccino while they are flirting with each other.
Outside this Mc Donalds is known by the people as “Mc Gay”.
In the evening when youre outside you can see some young guys trying to make a living as a prostitute called “Taxi boys”.
The interesting thing is that the Mac Donald’s doesn’t know that this place is a favorite pickup place for the fashionable gay scene.
Like Justin Timberlake says in the commercial of Mc Donald’s: I’m Loving it!
Buenos Aires 21-11-2007
Wonderfully Art Nouveau & set in a prominent location, Rufina draws lots of attention. But the story of her bizarre death is a well-known urban legend of Recoleta Cemetery.
The statue of Rufina depicts her at the age of her death: 19 years old. The Cambacérès family was upper class thanks to a large cattle fortune. Rufina’s father, Eugenio, was originally from France & became a semi-famous Argentine writer. He died in Paris when Rufina was only 4. Fast forward to her 19th birthday in 1902. Rufina’s mother threw her a big party, & afterwards they were all supposed to go to the Teatro Colón opera house to catch a show. But while getting ready, Rufina suddenly collapsed in her bedroom & doctors pronounced her mysteriously dead.
The following day she was buried in Recoleta Cemetery. Here’s where it gets interesting… a cemetery worker later reported that he found Rufina’s casket lid pushed aside & broken. Her mom feared the worse & thought Rufina had been accidentally buried alive. Another version of the story claims that Rufina somehow escaped from her tomb & made it to the front gate… only to die from a heart attack caused by fright.
What really happened? It’s impossible to find out 100 years later. Some claim that while preparing to go to the opera, Rufina’s best friend let a secret escape that killed her: Rufina’s boyfriend was also seeing her mother! Shocking. The casket damage could be attributed to robbery since Rufina would have been buried with her finest jewelry.
Whatever version of this urban legend you’d like to believe, some of it must be true. Notice how Rufina is depicted with her hand on the door. Is she trying to escape an awful fate? Be sure to look in the mausoleum’s side door for much more Art Nouveau flowery decoration.
This is one of many Urban Legends that Buenos Aires has. I will update you about more Urban legends.
There is a house that’s haunted in San Telmo. They say that the ghost of a girl walks the corridors at night.
Very soon, I will give you 2th Urban Legend!
Abrazos Y besos!
Duncan Mitchel
Buenos Aires 13-11-2007 Written by Duncan Mitchel
Buenos Aires is a big city and there are a lot of activity’s to do.
My to do note was to go to a nice swimming pool because I really love to swim,
sometimes it’s so warm that you need some water around you.
If you want to go to the beach you have to travel a big distance and if you don’t have that time, I can recommend you a great place to go, and it’s funny to.
Walking through Palermo, taking all kinds of short cuts I arrived at Parque Manuel Belgrano.
This place has a very big swimming pool and it is cheap to go to, you pay a view peso and you’re in, only there is a policy of the swimming pool.
You have to shower first and after that you have to do a medical test,
I was wondering what this would be, standing under the cold shower and laughing with my friends they told me to go in the room where I was expected to do this test.
In front of me there was a woman in a white outfit asking me in Spanish to put my feet up on the chair and show my tows and she was checking this.
The medical thing was a funny thing to do, nothing much really.
After this test your declared healthy for 2 weeks, this was for me a funny thing.
When I was walking through the swimming pool area there was live music with a DJ playing club music. It was really nice to see people in the pool dancing like there lives were depending on it.
Everybody was so joyful, some people where lying on there towel in the grass talking and relaxing in the sun.
This swimming pool is very big and I had a lot of fun going there.
If you have shopped until you dropped, and you want to relax?
Go to this with your friends, and have a great time.
Parque Manuel Belgrano (KDT).
Location: Salguero y Costanera
Tel: 4807-7879
More swimming Pool’s:
http://www.buenosaires.gov.ar/noticias/?modulo=ver&item_id=6090&contenido_id=8885&idioma=es
Abrazos Y besos!
Duncan Mitchel
Monday: Santiago del Estero 03-11-2007 Written by Duncan Mitchel
This Sunday night in one of the cellblocks in one of the most secured prisons in the north east of the Argentinean city Santiago del Estero, a fire broke out and killed 29 convicts.
These 29 convicts died brutally while they were choking to death.
Only 10 persons where transported to the hospital with bad breathing and other health problems. This was stated by the local authorities and the television station C5N.
The media stated that their where fights in the cellblocks and some of the mattresses where lighted up with fire on purpose to escape from prison.
The security guards of the cellblock stated that the prisoners where trying to cause a confusion to break out for their escape.
Outside of the prison family members of the prisoners where in panic and the police used rubber bullets and mace to keep them away.
The authorities said that nobody had escaped the prison.
Buenos Aires-2-11-2007 written by Duncan Mitchel
Yesterday in Buenos Aires the first gay hotel of Latin America has been opened.
The hotel with 48 rooms and 5 stars is located in the neighborhood of the historical district San Telmo and it has been developed by the Spanish Company Axel, which opened in 2003 a 5 star gay hotel in Barcelona.
The Argentinean capital is getting more popular as a vacation destination for the worldwide gay circuit
Like every company we have an economic goal but we also fight for the social acceptance of homosexuals, this was stated by the manager Nacho Rodriguez.
According to Rodriguez the hotel is designed to be open and light because many hotels and meeting places for homosexuals are decided and not visible as from the street.
We wanted make our hotel open and visible. Why would we hide ours?
Swimmers in one of the two swimming pools of the hotel cannot hide themselves because the upper floor of the building exists from a swimming pool with a glazed floor that visitors can see when they walk through the hotel.
For their room door guests can choose between standard ‘ do not disturb ‘ placard or more provocative ‘ disturbs me. According to Axel the hotel is straight friendly, they expect that 15 percent that visits the hotel will be straight like in Barcelona.
Buenos Aires and Rio the Janeiro are in a battle about who will be the gay capital of Latin America.
Buenos Aires is the leading gay capital because they had the first soccer world cup for homosexuals last September.
In 2002 the Capital Buenos Aires was the first city of South America that permitted and legalized partner registration for the gay community.
Buenos Aires 30-10-2007 Written by Duncan Mitchel
The succession of crimes in the trains and the insecurity of today trouble the passengers who use this transportation on a daily basis.
The Department of the Interior will start up next Friday the Alert program Train in the General railroad Roca that will count on different actions to fight the crime.
They promise that there will be police in all the stations and can be reached via cellular telephone by:* and 31416. This already it works in other railway branches of the North zone and in the Buenos Aires Metro’s and in the next 30 days they will have cameras for security, at least at 11 stations, and soon this will be completed in a term of six months.
Fernandez Garrido, adviser of security of the Minister of the Interior stated that “the ministry, along with the Undersecretary’s office of Railway Transport, will activate a modern security system that will count on the incorporation of personnel of the Federal Police.
Call:* 31416 via a cellular telephone and any passenger can denounce a criminal fact to the police and they will act immediately in the stations.
The government tries to create a safer place when travelers go by train,
the objective is that people travel calmer.
In addition there will be women police to take care of tie denunciations with crimes of sexual nature. “We want that the communication between the police and the denouncer is easy, dynamic and less uncomfortable possible”.
Starting from next Friday in 30 days, a group of promoters of the ministry will offer more information to the passenger on all the 67 stations of the different branches of the railroad; also they will install 11 cameras for security reasons.
Test results had already proven the success of this plan, because with 50 percent the crime was reduced.
Abrazos y Besos!
Duncan Mitchel
