Internet memes are like buses…

..or colectivos…or even bondis…as we say in Buenos Aires. Just as one meme comes along, another follows it soon after….

I was recently tagged by Darren over at ProBlogger (his excellent blog that includes tips for how to improve your blogging and get more people to read what you write) as part of the “Five Things” meme that has been doing the rounds on the net for a while…thanks Darren!
The idea of the meme is to reveal five facts about yourself that your readers will probably not know, so as they can get better acquainted with the blog author, and then to ‘tag’ five more people who post the same, and so on…like an blogging…shudder…chain letter… only, errr….cooler.

So, here are five things you may not know about me, Alan Patrick…

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[25th - 31st December 2006 - New Year’s edition!]

Once again I’m afraid that, due to the family Christmas, transatlantic travelling and moving to a new apartment, this blog roundup will be the only post of the past week.

Very soon, normal service will be resumed, with at least one other Buenos Aires related blog post a week…I promise! Although that said, I’m back to work at the day job this week, and have lots of moving in to a new apartment type things to do…so you never know. Anyway, on with the show…this is what Buenos Aires blogs have been posting about over the last week…

Buenos Aires Sightseeing

• Eagle-eyed Robert captures the brand new lick of pink paint on the back of the Casa Rosada (Pink House) - the famous headquarters of the Argentine government in Plaza de Mayo, which are currently being renovated
• Robert has also been up the tower of the lovely art nouveau Galeria Guemes, on Florida street, Buenos Aires…and I´m jealous! You have to check out the amazing photos he took on the way up and from the 16th floor
• Diva awards herself a tongue-in-cheek tour guide of the year award, so if you are coming to BA and enjoy her particular brand of humor, drop her a line for an informal tour of the city
• Karine posts up a nice photo and a little bit about Avenida Corrientes, the “street that never sleeps” of Buenos Aires
• For some wonderful alternative sightseeing ideas, check out Jeff´s post Walking along Brasil, his account of a wander down this interesting avenue in the southern area of Buenos Aires city

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