Buenos Aires - Weekend

Friday night I was back at the hostel taking it easy and drinking beer with Christian from Germany. There was even some live music at the hostel which was nice. The band was presented as a funk band and they sounded very much like Manu Chao at first but then the music varied quite a bit. The band was good but I felt very unimpressed, probably because I was in the mood for salsa and have been spoilt by some of the best salsa musicians in New York. That gave me a bad conscience. It was a good night though.

Saturday morning I was freezing on top of the Buenos Aires yellow sightseeing bus listening to a robot-like and humor less speaker in the headphones. The good thing about it was that I got to see a little of La Boca which seemed like a pretty nice part of town. It also gave me some kind of orientation and overview of the main tourist attractions.

On saturday evening I had my first tango class with Jonny at the DNI tango school. It was truly awesome and great fun. They started with leading basics and then quickly progressed to more advanced steps. Very cool. I'm definitely coming back for more lessons.

Saturday evening I was finally able to hook up with Charlie from Sweden. It was a birthday party at the Newbury bar on the Honduras street in Palermo. It was amazing to see the number of bars on Honduras and the nightlife in Palermo. Latin americans are very good at partying and welcoming new people and making them feel at home in a group. That's something to learn from.

On sunday we took the train further up the river to Tigre with Charlies room mates from Holland, Germany, and England. It was very nice to get out of the city for a while. We took a boat tour along the river which was nice. A perfect lazy sunday excursion.

Today is monday and the start of my spanish lessons. Very excited about that!