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The balcony at Rosada Palace...
where Eva Peron made some speeches and Andrew Lloyd Webber made a fortune with another musical. After our long day in Colonia we had an easy morning whilst I chatted away to the hostel guy whilst he kindly burnt all the pictures we had taken so far on our travels onto CD. Having told us the location of the nearest post office we managed to package up our CDs and some other bits and send them Argentine post with bar code label!😊 hopefully the CDs make it so we can free up some space on our SD cards for more picture taking 😊
Next task was to head into town and book some tickets for a Tango show. The hostel had already telephoned around and confirmed I could take a Tango lesson at a place called Cafe Tortoni with no reservations required! However, purchasing the Tango tickets was far more time consuming than had been planned - sorry Brim we ended up walking up and down a long Avenue no less than 3 times before everything was sorted!
Having decided that I would see a show that evening in Cafe Tortoni we decided to head down there and check it out! The cafe is one of the oldest in BA and has a great atmosphere. Stopped
for a lovely Apple Pie with ice-cream and booked my ticket for a show that evening. Brim deciding she was not that interested and agreed to go and see a film instead. The afternoon still ahead of us, we finally located the correct place and tickets for a Tango show on Thursday evening (where Brim would also come along) and decided to head back to cathedral and Rosada Palace again so I could get a shot of the famous balcony where Eva Peron did not sing don´t cry for me Argentina but Barton did just outside the gates 😊 Before that however I dragged Brim into the Tango museum (next door to the cafe). The museum was a bit of a let down as it mainly dealt with Tango music and the era rather than the actual Tango dance and its full origins. Anyhow, accordian music bleeding in Brim¨s ears we headed back to the hostel for a rest.
Tango show in Cafe Tortoni - anyone going to BA I would recommend they check out this show. There were 3 main couples who danced and a couple of South American performers who literally raised the roof with their tap
dancing accompanied to live drum playing. The Tango show set the scene of a cafe and through song (in Spanish) and story telling they showed the changes in Tango over the last 50 odd years. I was about 1 meter from the stage and live band of violinist, double bass, piano and accordian player. The Tango was quite traditional and very good. There were even a few steps I recognised from my recent lessons in England. The show lasted 1.5 hours but I could have watched all over again. The thing I think that impresses me the most is that they make it look so effortless and yet the dancers flow with music and in perfect sychronicity. Happy days 😊
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