So if I'm reading this right, my single option is (I'm there the nights of the 24-26th):

Jueves 24, 20.30
Orquesta Filarm�nica de Buenos Aires
Director: Arturo Diemecke
Solista: Quinteto Filarm�nico
Rossini: Obertura de Semiramide
Carli: Variaciones simples para quinteto de vientos y orquesta de cuerdas
Mendelssohn: Sinfon�a N� 4 en La mayor, Op. 90, �Italiana�
Ravel: La valse
(Sala principal � Funci�n N� 19 del abono)

Did I do that right?
Thanks!

Hello, I'm going to be in BA in March. I have been reading through this thread, and it's been so helpful.

I have what I had thought was a pretty easy question - about electrical adapters. I searched through the forums and read the related posts in this thread and over in Travel Technology, and looked at the world electrical guide/Magellen's/etc. The problem is every site has different information! Some say E or C or I, etc.

I don't need to worry about voltage, but I will have both grounded and non-grounded items. Can someone explicitly point me to the adapter(s) I need to get?

Thanks so much!

For about $2 each get them all, or should I say both of them.

Lucky you - a lively and varied program - I think La Valse is a wonderful piece - borderline out of control - should be fun in a hall with great acoustics.

Will you do dinner before or after at Tomo I right across the street?

I am so glad the Teatro re-opened. The interest just on this forum is strong.

sbagal

Yes, this is great news from the Colon. Lets hope we can all enjoy the re-scheduled performances... ^

Visit Argentina and try the Wines from the RIGHT side of the Andes...

Gaucho100K:

OT - Just to let you know, two big resellers (Costco and Sam's) carry now the RIGHT wine: MALBEC FROM MENDOZA ARGENTINA! ^

I honestly have no idea. Never been to BA, nor the Teatro. I'm still at the point where I've now got to figure out how to get tickets between the point I arrive in BA Wednesday evening and the time the show starts.

I think I read you have to go to the box office in person to get single tickets as they are not sold online, nor more than a day or so before the performance. Gaucho, is this right?

Can you contact your hotel front desk ahead of time and see if they can obtain the tickets? Or contact someone at the "wowargentina" tourist bureau website whom many posters here have found very helpful? They are pretty good with email replies.

Teatro Colon is in the downtown "centro" part of BsAs and a prominent site most want to see in its own right so you should be able to get near it easily your first day. Cabs seem to be the way to go if your hotel is not close by.

I hope you keep posting once you get there to tell us about the Colon ticket situation ... and what the weather is like. I leave next Tuesday myself.

sbagal

Link to report about getting last minute tickets to Teatro Colon and how the evening went:

http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/s...troColon_2.htm

sbagal

Page one of the Teatro Colon ticket experience:

http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/s...eatroColon.htm

sbagal

November 2005 Fortune Magazine features Buenos Aires with the following recommendations:

Hotels: Faena Hotel and Universe(Puerto); Art Hotel (Recoleta); Bo Bo Hotel and Restaurant (Palermo)

Restaurants: Sucre (Belgrano); Bar Uriate (Palermo); Dominga (Palermo); Casa Cruz (Palermo) - "the city's hottest spot".

Gaucho and others do not any longer recommend Sucre, so what to they know? Trip Advisor also provides some declining reviews on the other choices.

Best advice might be to **avoid** places recommended in the popular media?

sbgal

Bobo hotel is not holding up too well according to some of my porteno friends who frequented it enough to know.

Hi. Going to BA on a United free ticket and staying at the Hilton. Looking forward to my first visit there.

Anyone interested in getting a drink if in town?

Also I heard that you can get nice leather jackets made and my husband is intersted in one. Any suggestions for a tailor who does nice work at reasonable prices?

Thanks!!!

Ill be there Nov 30-Dec 7 - we'll cross paths. Should we arrange a meeting of the willing at Gaucho's establishment for a right-side wine tasting?

sbgal

Endor - the current in Argentina is 220v 50 HZ. Type C & I will both work. Refer to http://kropla.com/electric2.htm for more information.

Other points (in no particular order).
Huge steak dinner cost around $7. Trak chicken is great. The food in general is wonderful as it is generally prepared fresh. WiFi is pretty easy to find (Havanna cafe on Sante Fe and Billinghurst has it for free as well as the Puerto Madero area - otherwise internet cafes are all over the place). If you're going to be there for longer than a few days I suggest you rent an apartment www.bytargentina.com. Don't forget an unlocked GSM cell phone so you can get a Personal SIM to plug in as roaming is $$$.