Dia 29, Another Night Out? Surely not...oh yeah! 15 de julio

Hello all! Sorry for the long delay in the responses, but as I mentioned in the last post, I would be gone all weekend to Iguazú! It was a great time, and I’ll write all about it in the next update. However, I didn’t update what I did on the day before I left for Iguazú…hence, this update. =)

After waking up and feeling great from my first night out, I went to class and talked with Bridget and Alex about how much fun I had and Alex said she would probably be going out this night as well. Well…why not? So I said I would want to go if she ended up going out and Bridget said she would as well. After class, we went back to our homes, I had dinner and worked on homework and talked to Serri for a little while. Finally, around 11, I got a hold of Alex and we decided to meet up in a few to go to the Milonga. Oh, so Alex taught me that not only is a milonga a type of dance, but it is also the name of the type of clubs where they do tango/milonga/etc. Therefore, one can do the milonga at a milonga. Yeah...

So we finally met up after insufficient telephone communication (the phone’s fault, not ours!) and walked the too many blocks to our bus stop. Well, actually, we walked to a place in between two bus stops. After about 11 or 12 in BA, buses continue to run; they are just more infrequent, so you never really know how long it will take to wait on a bus. So we stood in between two and were ready for which ever one drove down the road first. We finally got our bus after about a ten minute wait (which actually isn’t too bad) and headed to the Tango Lab, our first stop of the evening.

Bridget ended up not being able to come (she lived pretty far away and it had started raining) and it was too bad because she would have had fun. This venue wasn’t as cool as far as appearances go, but it was cheaper to get into. After about an hour or so of talking to Derek, Meghan, a new friend from Israel who’s name I can’t remember (although he and Derek both reminded me that night!), we left and went to another venue called “La Viruta” which is in the Armenian culture center (which I find interesting…). By this time it was after 2:00, so it was free to get in. This was the same place where I went to watch the night before (before we went to La Catedral). It was fun and Ricardo was there and he asked me to dance again and I hadn’t forgotten the steps he taught me! I was so proud! Again, I didn’t step on him or fall over, and that’s good enough for me!

After that, I just sat and talked with Derek the rest of the night, until the place started to close around 5. Then, they started playing swing music and so we both got up and I danced with Alex which was fun because it was a couple of girls who really didn’t know what they were doing (although Alex knew a lot more than me!) but we were still having a lot of fun just moving to the music…and hey, as long as we’re having fun, who cares if it’s perfect looking, right? =)

After the last song, we were thinking about preparing to head home, but Meghan and Derek were hungry so instead of going home, we all went out to get some food. Yes, I realize it was around 5:00, but that’s almost breakfast time for many people! =) We found some random bar that was open 24 hours and sat in the back. It was me, Alex, Derek, Meghan, Ricardo, and two random guys from Chile that Alex had met at the Milonga. It was so much fun hanging out and talking. I found it funny that there was a large group at another table that bought a round of beers and other various drinks and were toasting…so late/early! But I suppose that is just B.A.

I finally got home around 6:15…and went straight to bed! It was such a fun night and even if I didn’t get the best night’s sleep, I still had a fun time. I mean…I can always sleep when I get back to Oklahoma, right?! =)

More updates soon! I get to tell you all about Iguazú!

Love you and miss you!