About a month in to the semester my friends Cat, Miranda and Stef and I all realized we don't have class on Fridays. We have since proclaimed that every Friday until the end of our time in Argentina we will go on Friday Adventures, meaning, we will go someplace new and do something we haven't done before every Friday. Since my last update our Friday Adventures have included some interesting places all over the city. El Jardín Zoológico (the zoo) was one of my favorites, the sea lion show was fantastic. We also went to a polo match, my first ever, on the national polo grounds on the outskirts of the city! The mens polo team of our university, La Universidad del Salvador (USAL), was playing in the final mens collegiate level polo match. We won in overtime, go team USAL! We also went out for Chinese food in the neighborhood of Palermo at a restaurant that Jason actually found online all they back in Boston, it was so nice to have ethnic food and break away from red wine and steak. We've since gone back to that restaurant twice, thanks Jason!
That brings us to Mom and Poppy's visit to Buenos Aires!!
They arrived on Thursday May 7 and we met for lunch at the Natural Deli, an all organic café near my apartment. Miranda's shares her May 7 birthday with Eva Perón so we had a little 21st birthday lunch for miss Miranda followed by our longgg español para extranjeros class. Thursday night I took the 'rents to El Desnivel my favorite parilla restaurant it was a huge hit, they loved the steak. To celebrate Mirandas birthday, went out for drinks at posh Le Bar renown for having the best cocktails in Buenos Aires, fact. My Friday Adventure with my parents was taking a double decker tour bus around the city and being very touristy. They gave me an early birthday present, a pink digital camera! I was taking pictures pictures all over the city, very exciting. Friday night a large group of us went to a tango lesson and milonga so Poppy could show off his dancing skills, we were all very impressed. The lesson and dance took place in swanky Club Europeo on the 21st floor of a skyscraper overlooking the famous Obelisco of Buenos Aires. Saturday we traveled to La Boca, a dangerous but touristy ghetto of Buenos Aires to visit an artist friend of my father's tango instructor back in the USA. Guillermo, the artist, was such a sweet and interesting man. We bought some artwork from him and spent an entire afternoon chatting, I'm supposed to take private tango lesson from he and his wife. Saturday night we went to a dinner and tango show performance that was absolutely out of this world.
Sunday, I turned 21!!
We had a wonderful day wandering around el Cementerio de Recoleta and visiting the open air crafts market. I took them to visit my favorite sausage man who makes the most delicious sausage and cheese baguette sandwiches and to the place where I buy fresh fruit salads drowned in freshly squeezed orange juice, yum! We started the evening with tequila and hors d'oeuvres at the hotel and then went out for dinner. The girls bought me the entire Twilight series in Spanish for my reading pleasure and language practice. Mom had cake and tea ready back at the hotel. Leave it to her to be in a foreign country, and set up a well executed lovely little celebration! Thanks Mama and Poppy!
Monday we went tango shoe shopping and mom had to leave as I went to class. Poppy and I spent his last two days shopping and relaxing. We saw the new Star Trek movie which had me crying in the first 10 minutes, if you haven't seen it, go see it. We also had our last lunch back at El Desnivel because Poppy loved the steak so much. We parted ways on the corner of Avenida Santa Fe and Calle Callao as I headed to class and he headed to the airport. A wonderful visit!!
Thus concludes my very long winded update. I'll write again about my weekend trip to Iguazu Falls very soon.
Hope everyone is well.
Lots of hugs and kisses,
Rocky
PS. Graduation congratulations to Tía John Ralls!!
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