I have been attending an upper level conversation class for the last week and was invited by the class over to one of the students' house for dinner. We had a good nine or ten blocks walking to get there but finally arrived to a cozy apartment off of Oroño Blvd. There was pizza, wine, and wonderful new drink to me called Fernet, and singing to the guitar accompaniment of one of the students. It was a little embarrassing at time to realize how little I know the popular music in my own language when everyone else is singing along.
Saturday I slept almost half the day and got together with a couple of students from another class and a couple of their friends. We went to la Casa del Tango to listen to some tango performers. Although the audience was quite a bit older (as were the performers) we had a good time and enjoyed the music. Afterwards we went out for dinner on Pellegrini Ave and ended the night relatively early, that is about 12:30 AM.
Regrettably I stayed in for the better part of Sunday. I should have ventured out a bit more, maybe have gone to one of the parks or the "cinema". Nevertheless Sunday evening a friend I made last summer visiting Maryville from Rosario stopped by and we went out for coffee. We had a great conversation and she promised to introduce me to some of her friends she thought would enjoy hanging out (and speaking English) with me. There was also the suggestion of taking me with her to Buenos Aires next month for a visit. Let's hope that turns out.
As a side note it's good to remember that these students cover a vast range of ages. The students I was with Friday evening are from their late twenties to early forties. Many of them have careers in the science or teaching professions. Some of the other students are just finishing the equivalent of high school or in their first years at university. The great mystery of the Argentinos seems to be that the younger look older and the older look younger. Another reason to think that I may in fact be Argentine!
Chau.
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