It's now Friday. I can't believe that I'll be leaving so soon.
I wake up after noon. And this shows how lame I am-- the first thing I do is to check my email using my iPhone. I get an email from my friend Alu. She proposes that we meet Sunday afternoon for ice cream. I'm so excited. I haven't seen her in 6 years, and I thought I would miss her, because she was going to be out of town this whole week.
I head out for my daily cafe con leche y medialunas. Having raved about them so many times, I figure I'd take a picture of them (see above). I also hit up the ATM. This time, I pass by a bakery that I could not resist, enter to buy some pan dulce with custard on top. It's a huge loaf, and only AR$6. I'm not sure when I'll be able to eat it in the next couple of days, but I'm going to try, damn it. I'll also have to buy more Monday morning so I can enjoy it on the plane and when I return State-side.
The weather, which had cooled down the past couple of days, heated up again today. I've been very fortunate on this trip, as there has been no rain at all. Very unusual for a tropical climate area that rains year round, but I'm not complaining. So as I'm strolling, I head into a market to buy some water. It's AR$3.10. Not expensive, but more so than a commercial supermarket. And thinking about it, of all the places that I've bought water, the commercial markets are the cheapest. Which makes me wonder, how the small mom&pop shops expect to compete? I also notice cans of sardines for AR$3.90. That's ridiculously cheap. I may have to buy a bunch and bring them home, as my friend Dima has been looking for sardines, and not able to find any.
That's it for now. I'm just going to chill before heading out tonight. Obviously, going to be going to a milonga. We were going to go to a performance by Otros Aires at Villa Malcolm, but Emily says that they've cancelled the performance. I think we're still headed there, because it's still a good place to dance. And maybe then to La Viruta (the Argentine Association one) afterwards. But, as I've learned about portenos, plans may change.
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