Hola,
This past weekend was good. I was super tired all week after coming back from such a long trip to Bariloche. Thursday I met up with Griffin and some friends for lunch. Griffin goes to Cofc with me and just got here last week for the semester. THat night we went out to a bar that had just opened that was a bar on the first floor and an art gallery upstairs. It was really cool and we met some really nice people there. Friday Jared and I went to downtown BA to a street called Avenida Florida. Its basically a street with a bunch of shops that no cars can drive down. THe downtown area reminds me a lot of NYC. That night I went to a concert at a club. An Argentinan band played called the Babasonicos. They were really good and I really liked the music but was so tired and went home early. Saturday I went to the Evita museum which was really neat. I will post pictures soon to show what it looked like. The museum basically followed her life and had her biography written on the walls. It also displayed some of her clothing which was beautiful and really stylish for the 50s. We then went to the Malba which is a really famous modern art museum with the works of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. That night was the Argentina vs Brazil soccer game. IT was a huge deal here! It reminded me of the super bowl. PEople were getting to bars hours ahead of time to reserve tables to sit at and watch the game. Unfortunately Argentina lost but they still have one more chance to make it to the world cup. YEsterday, I went to the feria in Plaza de Mayo which is near the Casa Rosada (equivalent to the White House in the U.S.). This part of the city looks very European and is also very expensive. I bought antique Givency sunglasses for about $15 which was pretty exciting since I broke mine. The feria actually connects to another part of BA called SAn Telmo where there a lot of tango dancers in the street and the buildings also look European. Its very pretty. LAst night I went to a birthday party for my Argentine friend Franco. It was just a few people; we just hung out at his house and ate and talked. I am starting to plan some of travels in a couple weeks because its a long weekend due to a holiday. I am pretty sure I am going to Santiago and Vina del Mar/Valparaiso! Suerte!

Elise