What did we do yesterday anyway?
Ah yes, we went to Recoleta - the famous cemetary is there and a fun artisan fair /crafts fair is there. And then the gang all met at La Biela (have i already told you this?) and then we all crawled home however we wanted to and THEN we got ready to go out... so we went to Cachirulo - another rather traditional milonga and then a small group of us went to La Viruta and then we came home late or is it early?
I think there was a mixed review on this milonga... it was very crowded. I may have been super tired - but something about that space has never been fun for me.... I did not enjoy the milonga when i went there a year ago and last nite - i don't know - the vibe is just off for me... I was crashed into a few too many people. Anyway - it was fun shoe watching and clothing watching! some of the girls i think were anxious as well - anxious to leave! So a small group of us went to La Viruta at around 2am: Ryan, Rommel, Katie, Taryn, Olga, Frank. They played a couple of tandas of swing and salsa so some of our group got down and boogied again!!!
So we people watched and watched the chaos. The crowd is so strange there and i think for the most part it was agreed that the dancing level was so mixed and so chaotic that they could appreciate the other milongas we have been to thus far!! Taryn - hated it right away - her observations were very clear and opinionated, in a positive way!!!! others remarked that it was a very pick-up, party atmosphere...
We came home around 4am or so...
Today
We took awhile to get motivated as a group. And because I'm a lax "mama hen" we slowly started to migrate to Plaza Dorrego here in San Telmo around 2:30pm! So everyone was free to wander around San Telmo amongst the shops, and antiques and artisans, and street performers as they wished.... A small group of us ended up at an arabic restaurant - interesting to have hummus in Argentina! some of the food was good and some not so good but it was interesting!
Now I've been reworking our schedule for the week as others are resting and some are taking some privates with Isaac here at the house.
Tonite we will head to another rather traditional milonga. Tomorrow is a holiday as it is Independence Day! I think i want to gear the day around walking around and "milonga-ing" or "milongueando" near home.
Ah yes, we went to Recoleta - the famous cemetary is there and a fun artisan fair /crafts fair is there. And then the gang all met at La Biela (have i already told you this?) and then we all crawled home however we wanted to and THEN we got ready to go out... so we went to Cachirulo - another rather traditional milonga and then a small group of us went to La Viruta and then we came home late or is it early?
I think there was a mixed review on this milonga... it was very crowded. I may have been super tired - but something about that space has never been fun for me.... I did not enjoy the milonga when i went there a year ago and last nite - i don't know - the vibe is just off for me... I was crashed into a few too many people. Anyway - it was fun shoe watching and clothing watching! some of the girls i think were anxious as well - anxious to leave! So a small group of us went to La Viruta at around 2am: Ryan, Rommel, Katie, Taryn, Olga, Frank. They played a couple of tandas of swing and salsa so some of our group got down and boogied again!!!
So we people watched and watched the chaos. The crowd is so strange there and i think for the most part it was agreed that the dancing level was so mixed and so chaotic that they could appreciate the other milongas we have been to thus far!! Taryn - hated it right away - her observations were very clear and opinionated, in a positive way!!!! others remarked that it was a very pick-up, party atmosphere...
We came home around 4am or so...
Today
We took awhile to get motivated as a group. And because I'm a lax "mama hen" we slowly started to migrate to Plaza Dorrego here in San Telmo around 2:30pm! So everyone was free to wander around San Telmo amongst the shops, and antiques and artisans, and street performers as they wished.... A small group of us ended up at an arabic restaurant - interesting to have hummus in Argentina! some of the food was good and some not so good but it was interesting!
Now I've been reworking our schedule for the week as others are resting and some are taking some privates with Isaac here at the house.
Tonite we will head to another rather traditional milonga. Tomorrow is a holiday as it is Independence Day! I think i want to gear the day around walking around and "milonga-ing" or "milongueando" near home.
Very nice what you wrote here :) I'm going to be a volunteer in argentina next summer, any recommendations you'd like to give me, that would be great!! (besides to taste the hummus there!)
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