Buenos Aires

It'd been a little over a week since we've left Buenos Aires and I've been quite bad at getting around to blogging so best to put something down!



I thought I'd just put my highlights down followed by the "lowlights" -



Highlights



- Taking tango dance classes with a baby strapped into the sling. It made everyone notice us and treat us warmly even if we were not very good. The best place we took lessons was in a ballroom owned by a retired dancer/teacher who taught a whole bunch of celebrities (Bill Clinton & Julio Iglesias for example) in the past.

- Going to a vegetarian supper club in BA. This is here as I was pretty tired of eating bad pizza and bad pasta every day. A lot of people from BA (porteños) have Italian heritage but they don't make Italian food like the Italians! The supper club was run by an American ex pat and she made delicious Mexican food! She also owns and runs a yoga studio and I think we might have met every expat yoga instructor in BA!



- Visiting a vintage camera shop in BA! Was full of different retro cameras and the owner loved talking about them. It just made me feel lucky to be living in London as the stuff in BA was not cheap!

- Learning Spanish. Well I wouldn't say I learnt much as we took private classes and Gwen is at a higher level in her Spanish then I am. It was more revision and stuff that went over my head. But it was nice being able to speak with a local and funding out more about the country. Oh and for anyone thinking about learning Spanish in South America, do not do it in BA. They have their own version of Spanish that is a bit Italian mafia inspired but is completely useless outside of BA.



- Gaining the confidence to "EC" Aatya on the street and realising it's no big deal. If you don't know what I mean by EC, here's a link - http://godiaperfree.com

This is me holding her after her first street EC

- Weaning Aatya in BA and being pleasantly surprised she'll eat anything and everything off your plate!



- Figuring out the bus system in BA! It requires a guide on how to use it !!



Lowlights

- This is a big one - it was pretty cold and rainy in BA and having left the sunshine of London and New York made us feel a bit miserable. That's the reason we decided to scrap our original plans and get up north.

This is me holding her above a fan heater



- Money in Argentina is hard to deal with. They recently changed the "currency controlling" laws but the banks still limit how much money you can withdraw. Made things hard!