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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Me Encanta la Argentina

Stumbled across this video from Open Culture today and was obliged to post.

It's been just over three years since I studied in Buenos Aires, yet now, as a city-dweller, I think about my time there more than ever.  I certainly owe my decision to move to Chicago to the five months I spent in BsAs, for I never would have been ready to live on my own in an urban environment had I not experienced that ciudad bárbara.

Anyway, the short below is a sweet tribute to Argentina's own Jorge Luis Borges.  The song, "De Usuahia a la Quiaca" by Gustavo Santaolalla, is from The Motorcycle Diaries (it also is the most frequently played song on my iTunes because I like to play it on repeat any time I write a paper).

Buenos Aires: Las Calles de Borges from Ian Ruschel on Vimeo.