Blogs from Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America - page 392

Major breakthrough!! (and quick I might add) I spent the entire last night speaking (and understanding) Spanish. It innocently started out as any other night with four other kids from school. After a walking tour of the neighborhood of San Telmo, which I will talk about later, we stopped to eat in a famous ´parrilla´, or grill, to have a meal. We started out with a liter (that´s bigger than a bottle) of wine for 6 pesos, for two people. Yah, jaw dropped to the floor. And it wasn´t the typical crappy house wine, it was nice and drinkable. Then for our meal, the majority of us took the ´bife de lomo´, or tenderloin steak, for 12 pesos. People, for FOUR dollars! I also ordered grilled red peppers on the side, for six pesos, and it ... read more

we are now in buenos aires but some of the pictures are from before and everything is sort of a mix... ... read more

Wow. That was fun!!! My quiet night turned into a trip to the Bonbonera for the first home game of the season against Lanus. Somehow we ended up in the upper tier of the north stands even though we had ticket for the bottom tier of the south stand, but hey, it wasn´t a bad position! The mid tier of our stand was where the real action was though, with the drums and the band and all the noise. Every now and then they´d be jumping to one of their songs and the whole stand would wobble. Hmmm. Anyway, the result was good, the football was good (the 2nd goal particularly), and there were no riots as far as I could tell! Dale Boca!!!! ... read more

Here at last! 3 months of all play and no work here we come. We spent a very enjoyable couple of days staying in the bohemian San Telmo area, doing little except eating, drinking and sleeping. Apart from a short walk around the centre we completely failed to do any siteseeing. The night life and food here is fantastic (well at least the steaks are, neither of us have eaten anything not from a cow yet!). We´re both looking foreward to spending some more time here at the end of our trip, but for now have got a bus to catch and friends to meet in Peninsula Valides.... read more

I´ve made it. I still feel a little numb, like this is all happening in a dream, or at least happening to someone else. Shed the inevitable tears as I said good bye to my Mum and sister at the departures gate, and again speaking to Andy as I neared the Boarding gate, and then yet again when I read the lovely cards that my family had sent with me. Not bad going really. Now the jet lag is kicking in, but I´m determined to stay awake until after supper. I arrived in Madrid with only 40mins to transfer, as we spent at least an hour on the plane sitting outside the terminal at Heathrow! The flights were ok, although the entertainment (Oliver Twist and Zorro), and the food ( Iberia specials of tinned cold mushrooms, ... read more