Tweets from Last Night - Argentina

By popular demand Travelers' Night in was all about Argentina this week! Both experts and interested traveler's joined the conversation and shared the very best of what glorious Argentina had to offer. Enjoy!

Q1. Best reason(s) to visit Argentina? 

• Empanadas. Period. @travelingsavage
• steak, wine and women. @stayadventurous
• You mean other than great food, wine, dancing and Iguazu Falls? :) @thetrvlrprincess

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Q2. Arts and culture must-see(s) in Argentina?  

• Wine country?! & Tango dancing! @teamcocktail
• The architecture and street art in BnAs. @ehalvey
• I love the Iglesia Catedral in #Cordova @travelingperly
• seeing the mothers of the disappeared march on the plaza de mayo; cultural experience for sure. @ilivetotravel
• MALBA is supposed to be a great museum, but I haven't been. A tango show is worth going to though @emilyinchile

Q3. Argentine-made products you should not depart without? 

• Alfajores, malbec, and steak. @corktobelfast
• I tried to get them to let me take a Penguin home from Tierra del Fuego, but apparently even touch them is frowned upon. Lame. @alexberger

Q4. Gauchos are S. American cowboys – best/worst thing about a cowboy? 

• "They never stay home and they're always alone, even with someone they love." -Willie Nelson @americansahara
• Their South American style BBQ would be best. @lori_rice
• I love a man who will buy me a horse! :) @poshbrood
• Best - they prob. like horses, the open "road"/travel & country music!!! Worst - they might have killed peeps in a showdown once ;-) @sarakatetravel

Q5. Argentine delicacy you cannot turn down or want to try? 

• Dulce de leche. mmmmh! @christinahegele
• Empanadas.. Sound yummy, Beef intestine not so much @mauiben
• I had the most incredible, thin, pressed steak sandwich in #Argentina. It moved me so much I can still taste it after 20+yrs @foodieintl

Q6. Best place in Argentina to be one with nature? Why? 

• Best place in Argentina to be one with nature? Why?   @ehalvey
• The hiking in Patagonia is out of this world! @writertw
• The hiking in Patagonia is out of this world! @alexberger
• Patagonia for so many reasons; Valdez Peninsula, Torres Del Paine, Perito Moreno Glacier @malloryontravel

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Q7. Tango was born in Argentina…favorite native dance and country of origin? 

• The pogo a British punk classic. @eurapart
• The Napolean Dynamite dance. Place of origin: Idaho. @xcomglobal
• Anyone for a little Irish step dancing   @zipsetandrea
• I love, love salsa, but... I'm hooked on bachata too. Origin: Dominican Republic. @jettingaround
• Q8. Eva Peron (Evita) was a big part of Argentina’s history – favorite political heroine? 

• Rosa Parks @liz_webber
• Annie Oakley...and she was a cowgirl. BOOJAAAH two questions. One answer. @alexberger
• I’m a Barbara Boxer fan.  I’ll say it! @travelerkate
• Lady Di / Princess Diana for her stance with HIV and landmines but like Eleanor Roosevelt's quotes. @eurapoart
• Cleopatra. She'd a kicked your ass. @ggarvin
• Aung San Suu Kyi http://t.co/sMHvql9 @WHLgroup

Q9. Great place in Argentina to get away from it all? 

• for me geting to Argentina would be getting away from it all! ;-) @mvctravel
• En route to Aconcagua, visit Puente del Inca w abandoned hotel & thermal springs @action_jojo
• Cachi @bsaslocaltours
• I fell in love w Patagonia around Bariloche when I was there. Plus OMG the chocolate stores were amazing! @whereisyvette
• Escape to the famous pedestrian street of La Caminito, which was named for a popular tango song   twitpic.com/683wq3 @acarlton

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Q10. Neighborhoods of Buenos Aires…what your favorite? Why? 

• San Telmo. It's got a little of everything - great architecture, restaurants, and that old-timey feel. @travelingsavage
• Recoleta (chic), Palermo (chic, quirky, bohemian) @anaoreilly

San Telmo is a beautiful area. @artofbackpackin
 

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A special thank you to the wonderful @travelingsavage, catch up with him and his adventures in Scotland and around the globe on his blog.

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