Ashley's program included dinner and a tango show at Señor Tango about 20 minutes outside of the city. It was the longest dinner I've ever attended. But the wine was included and there were four courses so it wasn't so bad. When we were finishing up our dessert the tango show got started...
From Left: Jeff, Ashley, me, Mike, Ryan, and Sean
Let me give you a brief description of our new friends so you can understand them a little bit.
Mike: we've known his girlfriend for a few years so he's always been an acquaintance. He had travelled before with his family, but never alone, and was VERY overwhelmed by not having his parents or any close friends with him. After a couple days, his anxiety got to him and he flew home to the states. He forfeited the extremely expensive program cost, paid insane amounts of money to change his flight, and lost the credits he needed to graduate on time. I haven't seen him since but I hope he's been able to calm down a little bit.
Ryan: he transferred to USD this year so we hadn't met him before. He claims to be from New York, but he's actually from Canada. He kept asking everyone if there was anywhere to go hunting in Argentina... there wasn't really. He was ALL ABOUT THE PARTY. I mean we all were pretty active in the night life scene, but not like Ryan. He would go out with us, disappear, and show up at like 4 pm the next day with no recollection of the night. He is a parent's worst nightmare. The local girls loved him, and he definitely had the time of his life. We haven't seen him since being back in San Diego, but hopefully he's safe.
Sean: he transferred to USD as well from what I can only guess was the Jersey Shore. He is a half Japanese Guido who spent a third of the trip in the gym, a third at the clubs, and a third sleeping away the day. He is fluent in Japanese and French, and probably had the best Spanish of all of us there as well. He is a total misogynist, but friendly enough. We haven't seen him in San Diego either, but my guess is he's at a bar somewhere hitting on an older woman in a blatant and condescending way.
Back to the tango show...
As you can see below... it started off with a bang. I wasn't allowed to take pictures at all... so the ones below had to be sneaky so that's why they are so awful. The show was about two hours with probably 15 different variations of couples dancing, group dances, all men, all women, and vocal numbers. It was really entertaining and I realized I will never be capable of doing the tango. It was so intricate and precise, I was very impressed.
After the show ended around 1 am (we got there at 8... we were there for FIVE HOURS), we went to meet up with Luke and Pato (our friends from Mar del Plata) at a club called Crobar. Clubs in Argentina are called "boliches" and apparently Crobar is the boliche to go on Friday nights.
Jeff proceeded to buy a table and a bottle. In San Diego, this would cost like $400. In Vegas, it would cost more like $1500. But in Argentina, it costs $60-80, so Jeff made a habit of buying bottles everywhere we went. The club played pretty much all house music so we just jumped around and had a great time.
The next night we went to a bar that became one of our favorite spots, Sugar. The happy hour there was from 7-midnight and on Thursdays girls drink free (creepy, I know). They also played all American sports so this was the go-to spot for football and lakers games.
Mike's last night... before he got too overwhelmed and went home.
The next day we went to the super up-scale new area of BA, Puerto Madero. We walked along the river for a while and ate lunch overlooking the water. This area has the most modern architecture and is the place to be if you work in finance. The apartments overlooking the water are some of the most expensive real estate in the city.
The bridge below is called the Puente de la Mujer (woman's bridge). It was designed by Santiago Calatrava after a bridge in Seville, Spain. It's called the woman's bridge because most of the streets in Puerto Madero are named after women.
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