Long time, no blog! We are currently on the bus ride home from Mendoza and so I figured that I would start this lengthy record of events from the past week : ) Tuesday we made the trip to the amazing book store that used to be a huge theatre and then met up with Katie for lunch at our favorite hole in the wall sandwich place : ) After lunch we went to the famous, Recoleta Cemetary and admired all the striking memorials. The stone work is breathtaking and Tim was able to take some amazing photos : ) 

Tuesday night was TANGO NIGHT! My tango professor performs in a tango show at the very famous Café Tortoni. The café is one of the most famous cafes in Buenos Aires and has been visited by many very important persons, everyone one from Jorge Luis Borges to Hilary Clinton and there was a line outside the doors of people waiting to just to drink a coffee : ) My professor reserved us a table and I was able to introduce him and his dance partner to Mom and Tim : ) They were so nice and welcoming to us : ) The show was very personal, they performed on a little stage and the music was live, even the singing : ) It was really entertaining and to my surprise, my professor pulled me onto stage when they danced with people from the crowd. TALK ABOUT NERVERACKING! I managed not to fall and returned to my seat very red in the face : ) Now I can officially say I danced in a Tango show in Buenos Aires, Argentina ; ) haha.

Wednesday we walked to the Japanese Gardens and then on our way back to the apartment we stopped at a classy little street vendor and Mom and Tim tried the famous Argentine, CHORIPAN! It’s only the most delicious sausage sandwich ever, and something that they had to eat, from a street vendor, before they left : ) By shear luck, they were playing Polo at the polo pitch which we walked past on our way home and so we were able to stop and enjoy our very first polo game! It was so cool! The horses are incredible and the riders are equally talented. It’s such an incredible sport to watch and  so cool that we were able to get a little taste of the action! : ) 

Wednesday night our bus left from Buenos Aires for the long trip to wine country, MENDOZA! Now I know  that 13 hours on a bus sounds pretty terrible but down here they really know how to do it when it comes to cross country traveling! We traveled on the upper level of a double decker bus and our “suite” seats are nicer than first class and lay completely flat. The trip included a game of bingo, cold dinner, hot dinner, wine and champagne : ) Not to mention individual tv’s that place a variety of movies, music, photos and books : () Needless to say, we didn’t suffer too much! 

Mom and Tim in our favorite sandwich spot : )

Mom and I making an etching of a name in the cemetery

One of Tim's beautiful photos

Pose for a pic!

Japanese Garden

Just me and my best bud : )

POLO!

First class baby!