Departamentos Amantea Buenos Aires

... dat spoorde de fans alleen maar extra aan. Met de climax in blessure tijd. We waren met een aantal mensen van het hostel naar de wedstijd gegaan en we kwamen totaal doorweekt maar uitbundig terug.

Verder heb ik afgelopen week een tango les gehad. Not my cup of tea, maar wel leuk om een keer te doen. Komende week wil ik graag een tango show bezoeken om te kijken hoe de professionals de dans doen.

Dichtbij het ...

... indie encyclopedia, he knew more Australian bands than I did.

Friday we said goodbye to our host family and headed of to Iguazú (17 hour overnight bus which was pure luxury) with Alex, Marianne, Jessica, Vanessa, Kyle and Rachel. Had an interesting conversation learning about America, in particular, Mormons.

Soundtrack to the week included Consolation Prizes - Phoenix, an acapella session of Business ...

... bill to pay to foreign investors with a currency that just lost 2/3 of its value. The government defaulted. If the above makes no sense to you, here is what you should understand: After years of prosperity and low inflation, the people and government of Argentina went flat broke overnight and could borrow money from nobody. Everything that was imported became unaffordable to the average Argentine citizen. Food and ...

... last talked, we think she was wondering how we got in). We frantically explained that the accommodation was not what we expected and we had to leave...now. She mumbled a little about the fact that we had a reservation, but eventually freed us. Tripping over each other to get out the door, and setting of the elevator alarm twice, we finally emerged into the sunlight and felt reborn! 22 blocks and about 3 hours later ...

Catriona here, leaving BA in a couple of hours, a short 18hours on a bus then we'll be in Puerto Iguazu on the Brazil border!went to the Recoleta district of BA this morning, the rich people are all buried there n they have these huge crazy tombs one bigger than the other, insane. Evita is buried there and the people of BA still come to put flowers on her tomb, I dunno what all the fuss was about I saw that film and didnt think it was that good! went to San Telmo last night ...

... try my best, when the search for Stella stumbles to a close at 6am for the second time, and your alarm condemns you to checkout of your hotel at 11am, you're stomach is going to knock rather forcefully on your throat's door. Perhaps I can, however, be forgiven for not expecting to suppress the would-be intruders so aggressively in front of a pensioner.

Thankfully, With siestas part of the culture here, a well-timed snooze was enough to see me past the worst ...

... made products with a price tag for American, European and English tourists. It does seem to offer the best variety of handbags, briefcases and dress shoes. Munillo Street (a random street not in the tourist area at all) has twice as many shops dedicated to all sorts of leather products and their jackets and casual shoes are very reasonably priced. We felt we missed-out on some good wine tasting in Mendoza and wanted to see what we can organise in BA to make-up for it. We ...

... were pictured on our 1,000 places calendar for 2008. After lunch we continued to the 9th of July Avenue, the widest Boulevard in the world, over 100 yards wide. We did a little shopping, took photos and walked down Lavella Street (a pedestrian street with restaurants and shops) back to the hotel. We finally decided on a Tango show. I was hoping for something small, but there were only a couple of ...

... long time since I stepped into a real grocery store- one with sparkling clean aisles, bright lights, fully stocked shelves, a housewares section- amd yes, even two full aisles of pure alcoholic beverages and liquer! We bought a half pound of ground beef for $3.62 pesos which ends up equalling just over $1 US.... sweet! The joys of cheap beef in the land of beef lovers =) Thursday we tired our feet out completely. After a quick lunch on another outdoor patio, we were ...

... haul included the 'Copa Libertadores', the South American equivalent of our European Champion's League.



They also had an exhibit showing the current team and Katie was able to take a photo ...