hey guys! we arrived safely in the city of tango to fall upon a couch surfing house with anything but argentinians. Our host Tolga has been VERY hospitable. He is from turkey as well as one of the other surfers here (Altug... pronounced eyetwo). There is also a girl our age here, Jane, from Germany. Tolga has been keeping us well fed and has been making sure our wine glasses are never empty. We didnt get to tolgas until late on wednesday night (sorry mom for the scare) but were still able to enjoy empanadas and local tango at a milonga, a place where you can see REAL tango dancing.
Yesterday, on our first full day, we succumbed to being true american tourists (we had to do it). We visited all the main sites in the citys center. We saw el teatro colon which was unfortunately closed for renovation. We saw the obelisco which was extremely falic.... and had an uncanny resemblance to the washington monument in D.C...
We walked along avenido corrientes which is one of the main drags through the city and stumbled upon a cute little cafe where we drank cafe con leche and tried our first churros! The best way to describe churros are fried cinnamon sticks with no cinnamon, but sprinkled with sugar and filled with dulce de leche which is carmelized milk... yum. We have yet to try chocolate covered churros but im sure we will get around to it. very soon.
We later walked to la plaza de mayo and saw casa rosada, the pink house, which is very similar to our version of the white house. except it is pink (if you couldnt guess). We came accross peru and florida street which are both pedestrain streets filled with vendors from all over south america and were able to refrain from buying anything and everything we could get our hands on.
We headed home after watching some street tango to find Tolga cooking a traditional turkish meal, rice and beans with ham (yes we did it. we ate ham. and liked it). We spent the rest of the evening teaching Tolga a traditional american card game and drinking red wine, white wine, and smurf wine (aka blue carcao with tequila).
Today we are headed to Tigre, a town on the water front, with Tolga and our fellow surfers, to enjoy the sunshine and fresh air (by the way its COLD here so enjoy the end of summer back home).
We miss everyone and send our love. Feel free to send us emails letting US know how YOU are doing back in the states. We would love to hear from everyone.
Nos hablamos pronto!!!
xo
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