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Surprise ! Belgrano...
... r dimanche, donc un magasin sur deux est fermé, mais heureusement c'est arrivé près de l'avenue Cabildo qui est une sorte de Ste-Catherine, alors en à peine 5 minutes de marche je réussis à trouver un Dexter où je me procure une paire de gougounes pas belles pantoute pour la modique somme de 145 pesos. Ouf !
Imaginez juste un instant que j'aie attrapé un autobus ce matin et que l'incident soit arrivé au Musée d'art de Tigre, où il n'y a pas un magasin à au moins 3 ...
My First Milonga
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Upon our entry to the Milonga (which was in a room behind a restaurant) the doorman looked us up and down before asking me ‘do you dance Tango?’ with a disbelieving look. ‘A little’, I replied. ‘I’ve only been learning for a week.’ ‘Ah’ he exhaled, ‘well, enjoy’… Having taken a look around the place my companions exclaimed: ‘I can’t dance like ...
Friends in Low Places
... How I was able to meet this Portena is pretty random. One of my former students and world travelers, graduated from Prep two years ago. We have stayed in contact, talking about life, college, aspirations and the like. She knew I was going to be moving here, not knowing anyone, and it just so happened that her family was going on a vacation to Argentina in February. She befriended her tour guide, Yanina, who then became my go to source in preparing for the move.
Yanina ...
The city that never sleeps, except for siesta time
... she told it was too early to go out at 11.00pm and we blew that off and went out anyway. So we got them to order us a taxi to head to Palmero and i got to experience my first real taxi ride.
She was right though as when we went out, everyone was only getting onto their entrees for the night. So Lukey and I headed to a karoke bar and for once i did not make a fool of myself stayed in my seat with some local beers. With our social lubrication going well and our spanish ...
Maybe I shouldnt follow the Romans...
... caminito, the barrio's most famous street. We were sure to take the advice and take a taxi, rather than exploring la boca streets on our own. We wandered the streets in caminito taking photos of the buildings, practicing Spanish with locals, looking in shops, and sitting at outside cafes watching tango performances and drinking quilmes beer.
Back to the hostel for some down time, and we will enjoy live jazz music at the hostel bar this evening. Settled down to ...