At the "48H Open House Buenos Aires 2016"

The greatest event for photography and architecture buffs in Buenos Aires, the  Open House Buenos Aires which held its 4th edition this year is the best way to visit and photograph buildings that no always open to the public eye.

Part of an international family of Open House cities and organised by cohabitar urbano which is a civil association that promotes integration among the city and its people.

There were over 50 buildings and homes spread around the city. I managed to do 3 on Saturday and two on Sunday, one of them being the Bencich buildings at Roque Saenz Peña and Florida, smack downtown and one of Buenos Aires iconic intersections.
All the visited were guided by professionals and were brief and concise.
I do recommend doing it next year if your in town.

WWG - Palacio Barolo guided tour

For a city with roughly a hundred years of history, considering that before the twentieth century, Buenos Aires was an obscure port city, Buenos Aires has quite a few interesting historical buildings


One of them being the "Palacio Barolo" which I previously mentioned in this Blog.
Located at Avenida de Mayo 1370, it is one of the oldest tall buildings in the city.















Without getting into its history, I will mention that there is a guided tour which takes you from bottom to top and tells you its fascinating story.

I do recommend bringing camera and tripod to take really great pics of the plaza congreso, specially at sundown.
For more info check the site
http://www.palaciobarolotours.com/site/en

WWG - El Museo Naval en Tigre - Buenos Aires Province

I have to recommend going to the Naval museum in Tigre, if you want to understand more about Argentine history, which involved some naval battles along the way.

Its situated bout 30 minutes walk from the train station along the riverside and is actually very well set up

It has rooms dedicated to most of the country's naval wars and a detailed history of William Brown aka Guillermo Brown who was an Irishman that fought for the newly created Argentine republic.

WWG - Antigua Cervecería Munich

The Antigua Cervecería Alemana at the Costanera Sur which now serves as the "Museo del dibujo, is an iconic gathering place in Buenos Aires.
Dating back to 1927 it resembles the typical watering holes found in Munich, Germany. Adorned externally with statues and internally with stained glass windows with beer drinking themes, it is a must visit if you stroll by the reserva ecologica at the Costanera sur.

Even though it houses the comic museum or "Museo del Humor", They kept the main saloon of the beer house with its original decor. When I was there they had a show with singers that entertained the customers while they had their tea .

La Antigua cervecería Munich es un lugar digno de visitar si vas a pasear por la Costanera Sur. Hoy funciona el Museo del dibujo y la ilustración, que también es muy interesante, con reseñas de las historietas mas famosas de argentina.

El edificio fue restaurado y conserva la decoración alegórica típica de las cervecerías alemanas..
La parte principal de la cervecería fue conservada y sigue funcionamdo como cafetería. El día que yo estuve había un show con cantantes vestidos a la usanza de los 20s, que creaban un ambiente muy pintoresco.

WWG - Worth While Going - Festival El Cine Cocina

Today I would like to start a new section on this blog. The Worth While Going tag or WWD will be awarded to those shows or places that really merit to be visited.
The first one goes to "El Cine Cocina, festival de cine culinario". sponsored by the Alianza Francesa de Buenos Aires, from October 31st till November 6th, 2015

The festival consists of conferences, movies and cooking workshops from around the world.
On Monday the 2nd I attended a conference on food photography by Mathilde l'Ecotais.
On Tuesday the 3rd an Indian food class by chef Rabindra Patel, followed by a documentary called "He Himself cooks," showing the kitchen of the Golden Temple in Punjab India that feeds 100 000 people a day.