Thursday 31 July 2008

El Espectaculo - Hairspray


WOW! El noche pasado Chris y yo fuimos a el spectaculo 'Hairspray'. El espectaculo estara muy excelente. Me encanta el interpretacion de Enrique Pinti (Edna) y Deborah Dixon (Garganta). Por solo 50 pesos, que barbaro!

Monday 28 July 2008

Los Vistas, Suenas y Olores de Buenos Aires



Las Vistas
Ponchos, challinas, buffandas, gorros
Las Suenas
Street musicians, tango, mucho gente, muy hermoso edificios
Los Olores
Garrapinadas, chorizo, incense, cafe
Antes ayer Chris y I fuimos La Rural ... que es Field Days Argentine estilo ... mucho caballo's, vacas, gallos y gallinas, conejas, artesanals, musica, vino y queso (yum...nosotros compramos tres botellas y un pequeno queso y aceitunas). Check out the photos down the side opposite.
Ayer nosotros fuimos la ferias de Recoleta (again) and San Telmo. It is impossible not to be seduced by the sights, smells and sounds of la ferias. We hadn't been to the feria de San Pedro Telmo before and we were completely taken with the appearance of decaying luxury and the theatrical nature of this barrio.
A little history... The grand mansions in San Telmo were owned by the wealthy of Buenos Aires but were abandoned after the outbreak of the Yellow Fever epidemic in 1871. These mansions have mainly been converted into bars and antique shops of which there are many and the superb architecture of the barrio attracts many artists and bohemian types. Un hombre daba gratis abrazos :) Check out more photos opposite.
Nosotros ademas visitamos el museo 10 minutos de mi departamento. El fue gratis y hay pinturas de Monet, Van Gogh, Gauguin, sculptures by Rodin - muy intersante.

Friday 25 July 2008

Home Again



Well, I am back in Buenos Aires and I must admit that I felt like I was coming home as I flew over the city ready to land. I love this city.
Yo fui escocia por tres semanas pasado y pasaba bueno tiempo con mi familia (mis primas Elspeth, Sheena y yo pictured). Nosotros estabamos a Isla de Skye y vimos castillos, montanas y lochs. El Castilolo Eilean Donan (pictured) es particularly hermosa.
Yo empezo mi clases de espanol otra vez en la proxima semana. Ahora la escuela es en vacacion por dos semanas y Chris (el otra profesora de Nueva Zelanda) esta quedando con mi en mi casa...mi mansion. Yo disfrute estuve la escuela a ver los estudiantes y mis amigos otra vez.

Friday 18 July 2008

Taking a Break

Just so you all know - I'm in escocia at the moment and returning to Buenos Aires on 23 July. Will update my blog then. I have had a week of serious spanish swot - learning the conjugations of the verbs ser, estar, tener, hacer, haber, ir - now i just need to be able to put them into practice.