Back to Buenos Aires

Day 12:
February 17, 2013

Hey guys it's Tiffany blogging here today! Our trip in Argentina is almost done, but we wish we could stay here forever! So we spending the day today in Buenos Aires and tomorrow we are catching out flight back to North Carolina. We basically spent the day wandering Buenos Aires and soaking in our last bit of time in Argentina.

Mr. Cooper's new tie

Our main mission of the day was to find souvenirs to bring back home. My favorite thing that we  were able to find was a tie that looked like the Argentinan flag for Mr. Cooper. We also got a Argentinan mousepad for Mrs. Blancett and a pencil for Mrs. Lancia. What we are hoping is that they will be so blinded with gratefulness for their gifts they will be left with no other choice than to give us a 100 on our project. Hey, it's worth a shot!

My new bracelet!

We were also able to find some stuff for ourselves too. Livia nearly broke the bank buying herself a pair of $270 handmade leather boots. Lexie and I both got super cute leather bracelets with silver beads. We had to physically restrain Sydney to keep her from buying a poncho made from Alpaca wool that cost nearly a thousand dollars. We compromised and let her buy the alpaca scarf instead which still cost a staggering $200 dollars. Rachel bought a small cowhide rug which I thought was a little creepy, but she claimed would match the new furniture in her room perfectly.

Besides shopping we also went to go see a tango show. Tango is a big deal in Buenos Aires and it's something that we didn't have time to do when we first got here. We got tickets in a package that included a tango class, dinner, and show. After attempting to learn tango we all realized that we were ridiculously uncoordinated, but we still had fun trying. The dinner at the show was great and the tango dancers were really talented. For dinner I had malena which is described on the menu as "traditional steak served with potatoes, herbs, mushrooms, sautéed in syrah wine, with cream and chives"  The dancers in the show had so much passion in their dancing and they were really good at it too. I liked how it wasn't just them doing the tango, they were telling the story of the history of tango with their dancing.