BsAs Visit

One weekend I went with Tracy to Buenos Aires to stay with a friend of hers from Grad school. We stayed with Cindy and her brother David who were living there for a month.

When in Argentina, you've gotta go to a football game!! (soccer, that is) The two main teams are River and Boca, and we went to a River game (they won this one, which according to the Boca fans is quite rare)






The energy and spirit inside the stadium was incredible. Songs, chants, banners, flags, uniforms, it was everything I would have imagined. I just wish I had known the songs to sing along!

We sat behind a rugby team from Ireland and one of the players told me my new favorite stupid joke. What is white, Irish, and sits in your backyard?.....

-Patty O'Furniture!!!! (haha)



We met up with Gonzalo, a friend who I met in Carlos Casares who is studying in Buenos Aires. He is an amazing guitarrist and we had a great singing session... a bit in English and a bit in Spanish. I am still trying to learn more songs in Spanish.










We had the surreal experience of going to a birthday party of the mom of a friend of Cindy's, but we didn't know anyone at the party. She was turning about 60 and the party started around 12:30 at night. It was complete with surprises such as a group of tango musicions, champagne, and best of all... a visit from the "Beast", who waltzed in (literally) to dance with the birthday girl for an hour. Hilarious!