Tango Tango Tango

This is my last day in Argentina.

After all is said and done, I will miss it here. I have grown fond of it. I finally met some very great people here and Cheryl and I have been having some great fun the last few days.

Funny, we moved into this apartment a few days ago in order to to use the pool and the gym and the dance practice room. Not! It has rained here for the last three days. Oh well. Before that, it was too hot to workout and to use a room to practice dancing with no AC.

BUT...we went to this beautiful place named Tigre where five rivers come together. It took 40 minutes to get there by train and was just lovely. In between the confluence of the rivers, there were precious little islands where people had cute little houses and could only access them by boat. As a matter of fact, the grocery store comes to them by boat. They own canoes, row boats, skulls and motor boats. It´s a cross between Venice and Fire Island. And at the main river delta, Rio de la Platta, you can see the skyline of Buenos Aires. Very beautiful.

And yesterday we finally found food we loved - sushi. Plus we ate Chinese for dinner. At last some decent veggies.

Last night we saw a live show like a broadway show all about Tango - what else? The music and dancing was spectacular. We even knew one of the dancers in the show and when they came for the lst curtain call, he spotted us in the 2nd row and waved to us. We were so honored.

For our last Milonga, we went to an art deco place most likely built in the 20´s. Finally there was a live orchestra to dance to. What a difference. And the crowd was great. We really enjoyed it.

I am coming home with many new distinctions in dance, the main one being that I now am in my body when I dance Tango. I am no longer in my head thinking about what I´m doing. This is a very good feeling. I´m sure you can relate.

Hope all is well with you. Speak to you and see some of you soon.

Love,
Laurie