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Reasons people come to Argentina seem to vary. One person I chatted with while waiting for luggage was here on a bird hunting trip, a couple from France were on their way to a wedding, and a rabbi on his way home sat next to me on the airport shuttle. He told me all about the history of Jews in Argentina, the fourth country with the most Jewish immigrants, the Rosh Hashana celebration he was preparingfor the next day, and he would have told me more except I fell asleep. Suddenly I had to get up and hit the streets of the city to look for the ´Subte,´ which is what everyone calls the subterraneo metro system.

It was about 15 C and rainy. I guess South America is not always as hot and sunny as we think it is. It´s spring time here and somewhat surprisingly everyone on the streets seems to be wearing dark coloured rain jackets. I am the one that stands out with my bright blue jacket. The craziest part of my walk to the bed and breakfast was seeing a small train with families and people dressed in Spiderman, Minnie Mouse and a big hippo costume. Apparently it was a celebration for the opening of a new grocery store a couple of blocks from my lodging.

After a short rest and a delicious meal in the organic food restaurant Ohsawa half a block from the B& B, I joined in the tango lesson in the small studio where I am staying. During the lesson the teacher kept telling me to have better technique. This means always bringing my feet and knees together and having a stronger frame. Though a little disheartened about going back to the basic step, I was fairly impressed on how the teacher taught several levels at the same time and kept checking in with all of the students in the class.

I decided I should stay in and rest for my first night. I went to the kitchen and had some tea with two older Italian couples before going to bed. After he was done drinking, one of the older gentleman got up and walked around yelling ´uno, due´ and then shaking his hips. This was apparently a review of one of the steps they had recently learned. It was entertaining. That being said the B& B is not exactly as I would have hoped, being that it is not so centrally located and the other guests seem to be mostly older couples.