My favorite thing that we did the entire trip was a Monday night outdoor concert called La Bomba de Tiempo. La Bomba is a group of 12 drummers who have been playing together for about five years now. They play at the Konex Theater on Monday nights for a few hours and it is all improvisation led by a conductor. Every ten-ish minutes the drummers rotate and play a different kind of drum. It is so much fun. There are hundreds of people there and everyone is just jumping around and dancing and enjoying the music. We met a lot of people at La Bomba from all over the world, but mostly we just danced and had a great time. We were in BA for two Mondays, so we obviously went both nights. I wish we had gotten to go more! I am seriously considering starting something like this in the States... if only I had any rhythm whatsoever. But I could be their manager!
Sidenote: People in Argentina HATE when Americans say they're from America, because technically Argentines are from America too. You have to say you're from the states or los estados unidos, or it just adds to the perception that we think we're the most important people in the world.
We usually stayed pretty far back because the center of the crowd turns into a mosh pit during the more intense parts of the concert. But even with the stage so far ahead of us, there were hundreds of people behind us as well.
The only drinks they sell are 1 liter Quilmes beers. Quilmes is the national Argentine beer. It's pretty gross honestly, but we acclimated. A liter beer at La Bomba was 30 pesos, or about $5.
The next day Ashley and I visited the Jardines Japones... It was supposed to be one of the better tourist attractions of the city, but it was very small and underwhelming. Ashley has actually visited gardens in Japan and was very confused by this one... but we hung around for a little while and tried to understand it.
From there we walked to the Jardin de Carlos Reyes which was very close to the center of the city, Plaza Italia. This garden was much more our speed. It was very green and lush and pretty and reminded me of a much smaller version of Madrid's Retiro Park.
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