Program 383: Live Like a Spaniard; Buenos Aires; Feedback Open Phones

Hear about why Buenos Aires is one of the world’s most popular cities from an American who's made Argentina his home.  Then learn how to fit in with the locals in Spain, where the daily rhythms of life beat differently than they do in the US.  And listeners follow up with Rick about what they've heard in recent episodes of this show.

• Amanda Buttinger and Federico Garcia Barroso, tour guides based in Madrid
• Robert Wright, tour guide based in Argentina

• Federico Garcia Barroso's website.
• Amanda Buttinger wrote a guide book for twenty-somethings in 2001 called “Hanging Out in Spain.”
• The Spanish fast food chain Cien Montaditos has started to open franchises in the United States. 
• Chocolateria San Ginés is open 24-hours for "churros y chocolate" near Plaza Mayor in Madrid. 
• Participants on Trip Advisor discuss the Plaza Mayor in Salamanca.
• Robert Wright's website includes city guides to Buenos Aires and Lisbon.  
• Tips for  visiting the neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, and information about reciprocity fees levied in advance on visitors from the United States, Canada, and Australia. 
• The Economist discusses discrepancies in calculating the annual inflation rate in Argentina.
• Information about the Hop-On Hop-Off tour bus that caller Jeri used to sightsee, and get to the Oceanographic Museum in Monaco.
• Listener Marilyn recommends seeing the Art Nouveau architecture in Alesund, Norway.