One of the lovely parts of traveling in Buenos Aires is living with the Portenos, the people who are native to the city of Buenos Aires. A large segment of the Buenos Aires Porteno population are descendants of the Italian immigrants who came to the city in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
One observation the traveler will make immediately is that the Buenos Aires population loves its culture: art, music, poetry, literature, dancing, food, wine, history and authentic Argentine culture are an intregal part of the Buenos Aires lifestyle. People are absolutely working to live not living to work in Buenos Aires. And the people of Buenos Aires exude a sense that each day is another to strive toward the highest quality of life possible.
Portenos love their extra activities and their education. Buenos Aires offers classes in everything and the people love to become talented and share and interact with one another socially, be it playing music, dancing, cooking, singing etc. Buenos Aires is full of high quality human activities that are practised daily among all the people together in the streets, riding the subways, on the buses, and in the cafes and clubs of Buenos Aires.
Since the Argentine currency crisis that occurred in 2000/2001, Portenos have clearly picked themselves up, dusted themselves off, recovered and are back to creating and re-inventing what is a world class city full of people celebrating life today in Buenos Aires. There is, in a sense, a Renaissance going on right now in Buenos Aires.
On the Subways you'll find talented muscians playing all kinds of music, like these two we encountered tonight earning some extra money by entertaining the Buenos Aires Portenos during their daily commute. And as you'll see by the Portenos appreciation for the entertainers, clearly Los Portenos appreciate the effort and fine music of these two muscians. The Buenos Aires traveler will also note that the city is infused with a beat - an intrinsic beat that is the high quality of life in Buenos Aires.
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