From Polo to goth

Saturday was my best day yet. We went to the 113th Argentine Polo championship game where the defending champs, La Dolfina were taking on Aguada. Each team consists of four players... and get this... Aguada is a team of four brothers! Talk about a family having money! Each horse costs around $150k, and you need about 12 of them to train and have a team!
Needless to say, building up to this day and telling friends that we were going brought us even more excitement as their envy poured out... everyone wanted to go to this sold out game... and I got the tickets hooked up- all we did was say we wanted to go!
The game is really amazing for anyone who has never seen it played... and we saw it played by the best! These guys handled the ball, knocked into each other, practically leaning off the horses... it was so cool!!!
The game was a tight one, no one was ever ahead more than 2 points. There are 8 checkers that are 7 minutes each, with 3 minutes in between each. At the end of the 8th checker... a tie game!!! It was 13 to 13! Overtime is sudden death... so dramatic, fierce- first point in, wins it for the team. After some failed attempts by Aguada... my boys on Dolfina brought it in for the win!!! The crowd went wild...
We had a couple of bottles of Champagne there, like all the civilized fans of this sport do... and being that we were with my military friend, we left out of the private exit. It was through a parking lot... and who did we see??? One of the HOT Aguada brothers... and I got my picture taken with him!!!! Ahhh... it was like getting my picture taken with Derek Jeter... and he gave me a kiss on the cheek... so nice! I can´t believe my luck!!!
I went out to dinner with Ollie, Sam and his friend afterward. I had the best steak I have eaten thus far... and Morcilla (blood sausage) that was to die for. After dinner and great wine, Sam and his friend took me out. We went to an old church that was converted into a club. They played 80´s music, like most everything here... they are obsessed! What was strange though was that it was mostly goth kids... it didn´t seem to match. Goth kids rocking out to 80´s music... wacky! What was more wacky was that I was with a US military ambassador ... it was surreal to say the very least! I left at 4:30, which was very early. I was sweating like a pig and all the suntan lotion from the day was making me gross... I just wanted my bed! Can you believe 4:30 am is going home very early?!
When I got home... some people were rocking out on a roof top deck party... I swear the night just got funnier and funnier... as the sun was coming up I heard Argentine´s singing along to ´Your the one that I want´from the Grease sound track and then to Ghostbusters... hilarious!
Days like these are making my trip truly an experience!