Fertilia Downtown Apartaments Buenos Aires

... NOT have been more welcoming or hospitable. Steph and I joined them for dinner before the fast in their absolutely gorgeous apartment… that took up an entire floor of a large apartment building. And the mother is an interior architect… enough said. We went with the family to shul and luckily they brought siddurim for Steph and me to use so we could follow along this time! We had been told by our new adoptive family that everyone brings little ...

... part! There´s a little amusement park more like a carnival type deal but we didn´t have time to stop.

La Boca was also nice it was so colorful literally all the buidlings were different color. It was in Palermo I think that we got to see this big flower statue type thing. (i´m horrible at descriptions.) Anyway it is called Floralis Generica. It was a gift from an artist. Apparently here they have this day decdicated to women and all ...

... up and down so did we. When they jumped up and down as well as from side to side you did the same. We did not know the songs, but joined in as best we could. Just jumping up and down with one hand in the air seemed to do the trick. At half time before I knew what was happening everybody in our stand ( about 15 thousand people) just sat down where they were, it was like the biggest game of musical chairs you could ever see. All four of us ...

... a bathroom. Our hotel was located across from Dorrego plaza, the hub of San Telmo and Argentine tango. The plaza is constantly buzzing with free tango shows or learn how to Tango lessons or a free for all Tango night. Despite all the Tango, we never Tangoed (no Canadian Club available here). Every Sunday in the plaza, there is an artist/antique fair. There are lots of street performers all over....all day ...

... seems to have a dog in this city, so they hire dog walkers-- you see these people with about 10 dogs on leashes following them. Some of them are very ingenious and tie all the leashes to a backpack they wear and then walk down the street. It's interesting. And, yes, there is always dog **** on the sidewalk. 9) Litter. This is everywhere. People don't really care. I've seen people drop things out of bus windows, car ...

... are a bit too easy, but a good review nonetheless. When I'm not in class, I'm really enjoying being in the city, surrounded by people and activity all the time. I haven't been bored for a minute, except when I'm doing that homework thing.. I haven't gotten used to the idea of having to work yet. Last Monday we went to an outdoor concert of La Bomba de los Minutos which is this really cool drumming group.. and we went this Monday, too ...

... it's off to a big party held in a hall, equipped with Pierpaolo's magic dancing shoes. They must be duds, as they failed to Travoltise this mortal frame but much fun and boogying was had by all. Much fun, boogying and not much urinating to be exact. 1000 people in a club and 2 toilets... you can imagine this equation getting ugly at 4:30 AM. Mandatory hangover and seedy day thereafter, made bearable by the fact that Pierpaolo, as if controlled by a higher force, sleep walked to ...

... grace. Tango-themed bars make up much of the entertainment in this area and Calle Defensa, the main street is lined with antiques stores and runs from north to south. It takes its name from the route Argentina's colonial army used to defend itself from a British invasion in the early 1800s (is there anywhere we haven't invaded??). As we are here on a Sunday the San Telmo Antiques Fair is in full swing. Not really interested in antiques we wander ...

... we've got it sorted, even if we didn't have enough cash to book the tickets today. We'll head back tomorrow I think, just to make sure.

After that we took the subway back into Palermo, where we've just found an internet place because the "free internet" advertised by our hostel is, as ...

... seems very reasonable indeed. We continue our sightseeing, visiting the National Congress and taking the underground to the Presidential Palace (Casa Rosada), visiting the new Puerto Madero Complex, built in the disused docklands of Buenos Aires. We were expecting good shopping, but found only a plethora of elegant restaurants. By this time we are exhausted and stop at a sidewalk café for a delicious Italian repast.