Voyage of the Blonde Treader: la boca

Another week done! And as we inch closer to the weekend of the play, we've had more and more rehearsals to fine-tune everything as best we can. Some of the kids really need help with their lines still, but a bunch of them have them down pretty well. I got to try the Hydra costume on this week and I must say the art teacher did a really good job painting it. I'm going to be so scary! Haha.

This weekend I went up to San Isidro for Luli's birthday (Manu's sister). It was a lot of fun and a good opportunity to practice some castellano. Although trying to play Taboo in Spanish was quite a challenge. I wasn't really much of an asset to my team, but the other team had Manu so I guess it evened out :p Dinner was yummy, and for dessert Luli had 3 birthday cakes...good girl!

And a friend of hers decided to put what seemed to be a firework on the cake instead of a candle. It was pretty funny watching her try to blow it out. All the cakes had some form of dulce de leche in them too so of course I had to try them all. Afterwards we all went to Kika, a discoteca in capital and then we went back to Manu's house after. I cuddle with his dog Lupe on the couch. Their other dog, Afra, is a big Argentina dog called a "dogo" that is really cool.

Apparently they can be very dangerous though because some are very mean and aggressive, but his is really nice. She just gets a little carried away sometimes and forgets how big she is. So I didn't try cuddling with her.

Then today Jeff and I went into La Boca to check out El Caminito, an area there with all different colored buildings. It was really neat, it reminded me of a more colorful New Orleans. La Boca is also home to the Boca Juniors, they team Maradona played on, rival of River Plate. We opted not to walk to the stadium though because it's in a dodgy area, so we just got our fill of it when we drove past. There is a small market in the area that goes on during the day so we walked around and looked at some really cool paintings. And we each got a pendant made from different coins. I got one from Argentina and Jeff got a coin from Portugal that's really cool. Here was a German one I really liked:

Almost got it for Nathan but it was a bit too pricey. Sorry Nathan but I'm too cheap to be a good sister! Then it started getting dark so we left. It's too cold when the suns not out, plus we were told that La Boca is pretty sketch at night. Just like Maradona.

Here are some more pics from La Boca. I guess my touristy outings with Jeff aren't helping the rumor mill much. Oh well.