Colon Hotel Buenos Aires

... eyebrows I’ve ever seen. Those eyebrows were easily the most expressive part of his very, very expressive face. He made his eyebrows do the most amazing things during the songs. The other thing I loved was watching how much he obviously loved singing. After each song, while the audience gave their wildly enthusiastic applause, he would thank the crowed with the biggest grin on his face. It made me happy just to watch him be so incredibly ...

... may be great at a lot of things but you are behind the curve on the dulce de leche bandwagon. Let's go!

Have a great weekend everyone. Talk to you soon.

Funny thought of day. Like I said before, Buenos Aires is considered a fashionable city. For the most part, people are dressed very nicely. However, let's take a look at three fashion trends that Amy and I have noticed that hopefully will not make it to the U.S. Note all of these are things we have seen ...

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That and a couple of bottles of finest vino and the whole bill came to a grand total of £12 for two people..crazy!!! So we have enough money left to do this quite a few times in 'tina woohooo. It really did take one and a half hours to eat the thing tho. I had to give Phil half of mine so imagine how much the boy ate!! A true de Gruchy all right!!

After a few days of exploring Cordoba we headed to Mendoza on yet another overnight bus. Again ...

... I stopped by a cute little wine bar that I had noticed earlier. I had a very nice glass of Malbec, and got some good kitty love from the resident cat (dogs are everywhere here, but the cats stay behind the gates of the houses, and you never see any strays). And the owner gave me the perfect cheese, whjch made the wine amazing. And I sat there, and I pet the cat and nursed my wine. Eventually, the owners ...

... Jewish mother. When I was finished eating my first empanada, without asking she of course immediately put another one on my plate. I was in heaven!    Now, let me segue for a moment and tell you about my place. It is in a very nice building in a neighborhood called Belgrano. The apartment is small, yet homey. Haydee and I live here together without anyone else, which is nice because I don't want to share her food (joke...kind of). My room is extremely tiny but definitely cozy (I ...

... it. Although, it conflicts with my need to get up early to run. That's a bit of a pain. But in the States, it's easy to go straight from a long day to happy hour to dinner to out that night-- and by the time you get home, you've been gone for 16 hours, and are in desperate need of a chance to 'freshen up'-- no worries with that one when you don't go out at 10PM (when you are getting sleepy anyway) but at 2 AM ...

... ordering in a restaurant added to my headache, having to ask for everything in Spanish. Together, I had 5 classes, full of readings in Spanish. I felt simply too tired to sit down and compose a well thought out entry             After my first semester in Buenos Aires, I returned to Philadelphia and spent the month of December with my family, and returned to Argentina immediately after New Years. I was eager to get back. My classes don't start until mid march ...

... we are staying somewhere really rotten!! People keep saying Argentina must be so cheap with the pound (even in the current economic climate) but we don't really think it is. It is cheap but not as cheap as Asia! This afternoon we have wandered around Recoleta cemetery - sounds a bit gloomy, but it is pretty impressive. Evita is buried there. Planning to go to the botanic gardens tomorrow - quite excited as there about 200 cats running around :o)

... con México (Marcelo-Dr-Marcelo) me indicaron aplicar la inyección que llevaba desde México contra el dolor y que no había sido necesario utilizar antes. A la media hora ya se sentía mejor, llegó Johana para cenar y ahí estábamos todos a las 10 de la noche comiendo y bebiendo de nuevo. A las 11:30 me fui a dormir, Joahana me prestó su Depto y ella se fue a casa de su hermana a dormir. Aproveché para escribir y después quedé profundamente dormido, no sé porqué....

... everything we had hoped to experience. The most remarkable thing is that as the game progresses, our end explodes into joy and celebration, in contrast to the home team's end, which gets quieter and quieter (there seems to be no noise or action ever from the preferred seats) as Colon finally beats Independiente 2-1, the surprise of the season. And we are there, right in the thick of it. Afterwards we enjoy a wonderful dinner in the restaurant beside our hotel.