Thanks for all leaving comments.

Gabriela – of course I understood your note, though I generally don’t make a habit of writing in spanish on this blog because the audience I write for is visitors to Buenos Aires from English speaking countries Thanks for your suggestion – I wish I had more time to write about Argentine customs, but the reality is with my full time stressful job a first priority right now, I just don’t have the time… I can’t even get round to replying to all the comments on this blog, and I have many emails from readers I still need to write replies to (many of which take my advice without so much as a thank you). Also, I write about what people want to read when they are visiting Buenos Aires… there are MANY blogs out there about BA which write from a personal point of view and about customs here and the daily lifestyle etc etc that get little or no readers)… I like to write about places, things to do and see etc, with concrete information, because I am trying to provide a resource for visitors to this city…. and believe it or not, most visitors DO want to read about recoleta, palermo, 9 de julio etc because that is what they are genuinely interested in when they come here. Sorry for the rant, and I do take your suggestions into consideration (and will write more along the lines of what you say when I get the time), but I have to write what I feel is useful for my readers… as that is the point of this blog Hope you understood all of this comment, after all, if you have been reading my blog enough to make suggestions to me, I guess you should understand me

Diva – thanks for the support, I don’t think Gabriela was rude, but I do think that you are correct in thinking that not all tourists are coming here looking for mate, alfajors, asado and fernet branca.

Sean – no, it isn’t rude, but I think that your suggestion that her post could be read with two weeks consideration of spanish is ridiculous. I see from your IP that you are from the US, where you are undoubtedly in contact with hispanic culture a lot of the time… you have to remember that lots of people are from other parts of the globe that have little or no contact with spanish throughout their lives… for example, when I came to BA I barely knew a word of Spanish, because it is not common at all to hear a single spanish word spoken in the UK. Anyway, of course I did understand her comment, but I am sure many of my readers did not!

Anyway, thanks to all for reading my blog and commenting, and if any of you that have commented or emailed me without reply for a while, I promise I will get round to replying when my life gets a bit less stressful and busy… I hope that day comes very soon!

Thanks for the comment… I agree they have lots of choices at Piola that are not easily found elsewhere in BA, and the food there is generally very good… I guess they were just having a bad night for service when I was there… maybe I should drink more to avoid caring

Next time I go, I will definitely try out the carpaccio rucula pizza and finish with the tiramisu… hope they live up to your recommendation

Alan

Pd: Perdón por no escribirte en inglés, pero con 2 años en argentina, deberías entenderme, no ? Si no es así decime y trato de hacerme entender lo mejor que pueda =P

And yeah, the tiramisu is good enough just to go for that. If you can’t get to Las Violetas