I got a foot reduction

So the last couple of days here have been quite relaxing. Evelyn and I have not managed to do much during the day- but our short list of things to do is slowly getting crossed off. We seem to be adjusting to the nocturnal lifestyle here.
Sunday was spent in El Tigre, a lovely town outside of BsAs that is situated on a lake. It is primarily a flea market with amazing deals on leathers, meats and artistry. We spent the day at a café, around a table for hours. It was like the UN or a Bennetton ad... me, Evelyn from Holland, her dutch friend, 3 Argentine´s and a Swiss. There is really not much more to say other than I had a Choripan... the most delicious food, aside from my famous hot dog, that you would ever eat! It´s a sausage sandwich...mmmm.

I am sitting in an Internet café, in what seems to be a deserted city. The La Boca game is on- soccer of course. La Boca was supposed to win last week (a shoe in) to make it into the finals, but they had a heart breaking loss and this is their last shot... Everyone is indoors watching the game... as we walked down the street to come here, we saw people gathered outside store windows watching the game.... truly a sight out of a movie. Cab drivers are going nuts... they either scored or won... This is a huge game. Unfortunately it is not in the city or I would have been there... you know, with all of the connections I have made... hahaha.

Today I got a foot reduction...a what?! That´s right, my foot is about half the size it was before I got my pedicure... Let me tell you... this was the best foot scraping of my life! Ladies... it is worth the 13 hour flight to come here just for a pedicure... an 8 dollar pedicure! My feet never looked better , but that´s not saying much.

A few random thoughts...

1) there is a protest here everyday. About what?! Who knows! This is either democracy at its best or a waste of the people´s time... not sure which. But Argentine´s LOVE to protest. I have literally seen one everyday that I have been here. There was a big one the other day though over the whole papermill- Uruguay mess.

2) Another great quote... though it might get lost in translation. Last night I was hanging out with my military friend and an Argentine Lawyer- Judge. We´ll call him John Smith or Juan... he says Argentine´s look for the following three qualities in a wife - ¨One that is frugal with your money, is a whore in bed and a mom like their own mom.¨ He goes on to say that instead Argentine men all go for ¨the one that spends your money, sleeps with your friends and is a neglectful mom.¨ Not really sure about this quote... though I was laughing my tushy off last night... Coming from the source I thought it was Blog worthy.

3) Remember my friend Felipe that I mentioned? The hot Colombian, my tango partner. Well I forgot to mention how he was back-packing from Mexico, threw Central America and down South America. He had to cross the Chilean border to get here to Argentina... his story is crazy! There were no buses, I can´t remember why. He and a couple of friends and to hitch a ride with some truck drivers... but get this... you know the trucks that carry all the cars in the back?! They hid in a mini-van to get here!!! Talk about an adventure! Not to worry mom... I wont be trying any of the sort!

That´s about it... I am off to Patagonia tomorrow. I am going to be at the glaciers!!!! Woah... so crazy!