OK, I had to look up 'toadying' to make certain you had not forgotten to use spell check before posting this entry.

Very funny.

The Alvear Palace does look like a such a grand hotel.

We walked by the Alvear Palace a few years ago and I made my husband come in to look at the lobby. They were serving tea and it was all I could do to get out ASAP because I wanted to lap up everything I saw on the tables. Pretty sure he noticed I was leaning toward rabid and he suggested we continue our walk.
Toadying--priceless.

O - sounds wonderful. You seem to have a knack to get the most out of your trips. More power to you!

I love a good afternoon tea - it is my beverage of choice no matter where I am and I find many places do not quite know how to do tea correctly. I always bring my own tea bags when I travel and find that in my travels so far to CA and SA, they keep wanting to give me all those "silly" herb teas which I do not consider to be tea at all. I have to keep asking for te negro! So I have learned to bring my own - so it is nice to see a place that does it well, however, Buenos Aires does have the reputation of being more European than other countries down in SA.

Lodges in South Africa have some great teas--Rooibus Tea is a bit odd but once you get the knack, it's rather interesting.
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I am a huge fan of white peony tea--hot or iced--we drink it cold instead of coffee these days.

I could grow fat with too many high teas! Our safari lodges will be serving it instead of lunch this trip as it's off season.

I drink green tea every morning out of the same cheap mug. Good for my health.

However, I can't imagine myself paying that kind of money and sipping tea out of a china cup with a bunch of socialites. I guess I am more of beer kind of guy. I guess for $40 the toadying staff would serve me a cold beer in one of their cups.

Hi Mountie,
If you like beer, come to Bavaria (Southern Germany). Here the variety of beer is enormous, beer is plentiful and cheap! Plus the views are out of this world.

Hi Mountie,
If you like beer, you should come to Southern Bavaria. Here beer is plentiful and cheap, and the view is beautiful.

How does one delete a double entry? Anyone know????

LL_Travelfan, I thought you were just boasting about German Happy Hour. You know: 2 for 1.

Mountie, very funny... I like that!

We also did a walk-thru of this lovely hotel during our time in Buenos Aires. Unfortunately, we did not stay there, but it certainly has all of the trappings of a traditional luxury hotel. Wish we had arranged to sit for the formal tea. Maybe next trip.

How lovely to come across this! We were just there for coffee and then afternoon tea last week. I'm not sure about the toadying, but they certainly took great care of us--we even received an extra glass of sparkling wine.

PS to Mountie: We didn't go, but Sullivans would have been up your alley--it was recommended to an Irishman at a wine tasting we attended

exflygirl.....OK, you missed out on the 'toadying'...probably reserved for active Luxury Link VIPs!

Impressed you nailed the extra bubbly.....probably dressed nicer than us!

Where have you been and why haven't you shared your travel adventures?

Originally Posted by exflygirl

How lovely to come across this! We were just there for coffee and then afternoon tea last week. I'm not sure about the toadying, but they certainly took great care of us--we even received an extra glass of sparkling wine.

PS to Mountie: We didn't go, but Sullivans would have been up your alley--it was recommended to an Irishman at a wine tasting we attended

Hey there, exflygirl. You have been missing in action here in the community. I've written down Sullivans on my to do or at least to check out list for my trip to Buenos Aires. Thanks.