We’re back to Buenos Aires. Today featured two Argentinian must-dos: dining at a parrilla and dancing tango. Tick and tick.
Dan has picked the most exquisite Airbnb for our next two nights. It’s an 19th century townhouse filled with antiques and art, with naked stairs leading to a loft-style second floor.
We chose the restaurant ‘1880’ for lunch because it’s close by, but it didn’t disappoint. We shared a half size of ‘bife de chorizo’ and a sirloin – which were still enormous – paired with a Malbec. It was all delicious.
We headed to the dance school La Maleva for an intimate first tango class with beautiful teachers Jorge and Katrin. There were only four others in the class, one of whom had 15 years’ experience dancing tango. For an hour and a half, our teachers had us practising the basics of stance, connection and walking. It’s such a subtle dance, which is in part so elegant because the partners mirror one another in so many steps. It’s extremely smooth – at least when watching. I was too busy focusing on my posture, pressure and steps to nail the smoothness. The teachers were incredible and other classmates were lovely to get to know and I’d recommend the class to anyone visiting BA.
Coming back to BA has actually been really lovely – I don’t think I’ll get to experience the feeling of returning to a place I know too many times this year. It feels familiar and easy – we know the basic layout, when to catch a cab, uber, metro or the bus, how to cross the road and read the traffic lights. We’ve done so much exploring that we get to relax and just pick out the few things we’re keen to do before our early Monday Ushuaia flight.
And I’m enjoying the Spanish immersion. While I still don’t feel like I can say much (especially if asked a question – I’m a deer in the headlights) but what I’m reading and hearing keeps getting reinforced everyday. Enormous thanks to Dan for his patient translations.
VRPS
[Buenos Aires]
The Two Swords 
“…a deer in headlights” 🙂 Keep smiling, you’ll be fine 🙂