I've been enjoying the company of my newfound roommate/travelmate quite a bit!
Since Mark's arrival we have..
- taken tango class in a beautiful venue downtown, made from what looks like an old factory, filled to the brim with art and tango junkies
- explored a bit of the area near the Casa Rosada (Argentina's equivalent to the White House.. except more fabulous, because it's pink)
- hit up the weekend market of local artists/artisans in Recoleta
- danced until wee hours of the morning several times
- celebrated my birthday at the apartment with good people and endless amounts of yummy desserts
- bought, cured, and used our very own mate gourds
- gone to a mind blowing performance art show/dance party called Fuerza Bruta - an Argentine production which I don't even know where to begin to describe
- enjoyed asado (Argentine cookout) with my family every Sunday
- spent a good amount of time with the family that I lived with back in 2008, sharing "tea" and dinner and whatnot
- taken many 'a sun naps
- cooked a delicious steak dinner with homemade french fries that might as well have fallen straight from heaven
- explored all modes of public transportation, including subways, buses, and the train
- and, perhaps most importantly, spent time with lots of fun people while improving our spanish (little by little) along the way
Tonight is Regina Spektor at the Gran Rex Teatro with Trini, Mark, Caro, y Melissa! Tomorrow we are headed off to the province of Cordoba for one of the biggest celebrations of Oktoberfest in the world (I've heard second to third largest, with Germany obviously hosting the first). We will be staying in the capital of Cordoba two hours away from where the festival actually takes place. All the hostels in the city of the festival were completely booked, but there is more to see in the city of Cordoba, culturally speaking anyway, as it is the second largest city in Argentina aside from Buenos Aires. The last time I ventured to a different part of Argentina was back in 2005 to the waterfalls of Iguazú, so the change of scenery is exciting! This will be my first hostel experience as well as my first time traveling anywhere in Argentina without my father (who is from here, for those of you who didn't know, and makes traveling super easy) anyway, wooo for new experiences~
The tango joint we went to and plan to frequent every friday - so very pretty.
That is a giant anatomical heart made from sheets and lights hanging from the ceiling.
The most amount of lovely people ever to cram into our apartment at one time.
Birthday flowers from Chile, a friend from the school I went to in 2008.
(they call him Chile because that's where he's from.. original, no? :)
Manu and the wonderful palm tree and flowers he and his family gave me for my birthday.
La Casa Rosada
El Ateneo.. the biggest bookstore in South America.
Also, it's made from a beautiful old opera house.
An amazing cathedral near la Casa Rosada downtown. San Martin is buried here.
