Sounds of Buenos Aires
Trip Start
Jun 10, 2008
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Trip End
Ongoing
Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Saturday, June 28, 2008
WIne and Cheese party?
On Wednesday we went out again to an irish pub called the Kilkenny, where we ate lots of delicious popcorn with our beers. Afterwards, we went to another club by my house (somethign Belleza) that played some techno and some latin music, and we also ran into all the Georgetown kids that are just starting their abroad program for government classes. There are so many hoyas in BsAs right now, it's crazy! I was having a really good time at this club and all of a sudden, I noticed that my purse pocket was open.. and my phone was missing. UGH. It seems like something bad happens to my phone once a week! I searched my whole bag for it and then thought that I lost my keys too, but thankfully, they were in my pocket. After that, I didn't feel like partying anymore and went home.
On Thursday I went to the Road office to get a new phone and also talked to them a little about my job and how I'm thinking of changing to something different within the exporting company. We'll see cause now, I'll only be working there a couple more weeks. I decided to extend my stay, but not with Road.. I'm going to just stay with Maria, travel a lot, and hang out with mom and grandma when then (!!!) come here! YAY! Afterwards, I met up with Mark and we walked around Recoleta a bit, hung out at a park and ate great empanadas, observed some little kids and thought about how awesome it is to be able to act like a kid, played frisbee (he taught me) and then walked around some more.
Bright lights at techno club!
. We ended up at the Recoleta Cultural Center right by the cemetary but everything was empty cause they were planning for some event this weekend.. We later met up with Ben, Andrew, Cati, and some other people, to go get dinner because it was one of their friends' last night in BA. During dinner, I mentioned that I heard about this show called El Choque Urban, which is very similar to STOMP in the US. Everyone was pretty interested, so we left quickly and taxi'd over to Av. Corrientes to see the show. It was in this cool alleyway called Plaza del Paseo where there are a lot of gardens, cafes, theaters.. It's very interesting landscaping and I had come across it a couple of days before.The show was INCREDIBLE. The concept is that it's people making music with common things like garbage bins, pipes, lids, etc. I never thought that such boring things could make such cool music. It was like being in a club and we all wanted to dance after. Also to join the group and be a part of that crazy, energetic bunch. Afterwards we went to Liquid, which is a bar/club in Palermo, to meet up with Nathan. It was awesome! The musical selection was so eclectic -- madonna, elvis, techno, salsa, shakira... just everything! We danced a lot and had a good time.
On Friday I went with Andrew to a contemporary ballet for only 5 pesos (about $1.50) that was fantastic
At the Kilkenny
. The music was really interesting and the dancers were great. It was really nice to be reminded how beautiful the human body is and what we can do with it. It also made me want to do ballet again.. Also I thought about how I've been finding all these really interesting opportunities here for sooo cheap, and how I should do that more in NY. There are definitely things going on all the time that I don't pay attention to.. Me and Andrew then went to this restaurant across from La Americana, Reina de las Empanadas (queen of the empanadas, the spanish version of pirozhki) because Americana was (as usual) supperrr crowded. That place is great! Anyway I had a lovely lunch for about $3. I love that exchange rate.Afterwards Catherine and I planned our trip. Which evolved into multiple trips because we realized we don't have the time or money to go everywhere we want to. We decided to do two trips: One to Córdoba and Mendoza, and one to Bariloche and San Martin de los Andes for skiing and patagonian scenery. It's gonna be a 20 hour bus ride to Bariloche, but we're ready to spend our last week here skiing and having fun. I also think I'm gonna go to Iguazú, either with Catherine or with Nathan, Mark, and Cati. I figure it's a once in a lifetime thing that I need to aprovechar (take advantage of).
Friday night (yesterday) we DID make it to the empanada queen and had delicious food
Me and Eva
. Then Graham, Jeremy and I went to this bar called Ambient House where Graham's host dad is a DJ. It was really nice and his host dad was very friendly and cool. We later all went out to a boliche (dance club) called Jannoy in Palermo to meet up with some Roadie girls because it was their last night in BA as well. Lots of people are leaving =( We danced a lot to all kinds of music and had a great time.. At least the guys that tried to hit on us weren't as old as some others hahaha. It's been a really fun week and verrrryyyy full, which is why I haven't written. I'm loving all the stuff I get to do while I'm here and hanging out with my new friends (and my oldies but goodies!) and experiencing life in another city. So far, so good!
