Day 8: Buenos Aires

Today has been a busy day. We had a relatively early morning to grab breakfast at the hotel and then rehearse at 9:00. After about an hour and a half of rehearsal, we switched with the Dukes (who had arrived late the previous night), which gave us a bit of down time and then some free time for lunch and a bit of shopping.

At 2:00 (which means 1:30 in Argentina), we met in the hotel lobby for a bus tour. On the tour, we passed many important and beautiful sites, including the Argentinian capitol building, the obelisk commemorating Argentinian independence, the "Pink House" (the president's house famous for Eva Perón's balcony speech), several other governmental buildings, a famous sundial bridge designed by Santiago Calatrava, and the Boca Jr. soccer stadium. We even had time to stop and get out to see the National Cathedral, Carminita street (from a famous tango song), and at one of the most important cemeteries in the world.






Back at the hotel, we had over an hour to rest before meeting for dinner. The restaurant at which we ate is tied to a local tango venue, so after our three course meal, we crossed the street for a tango show. Between the three pairs of dancers and the tango band, the experience was pretty incredible, and the intermission by an Andean band just added to the experience.

We finally returned to the hotel around midnight and went straight to bed (hence this blog being in the morning instead of the evening).