Brownie....I'M NOT GAY!

This picture is taken in front of the Brownie shop that we came to love. (from left to right: Brownie owners Cesar and his girlfriend Ornella, Cindy Mom, sister Jessy and moi)


I realize that I am a little behind in posting this but I have had a very rough week and a half since returning to Utah. I won't bore everyone with the details.


One day when while we were out shopping, Jessy and I stopped at a kiosko to get some water. While we were in there, my mom decided to do what she does best and make a new friend. Her new friend owned the shop next to the kiosko. The shop is an espresso and pastry shop. The owner of the shop, Cesar, was handing out samples of brownies. After Jessy and I were finished purchasing our water, we all went and got samples of brownies. We ended up buying a couple of brownies and a couple of banana con leche licuados that are famous in Buenos Aires. They basically are smoothies. Yummy!

While we were waiting for our licuados, Jessy picked up a map of the gay scene in Buenos Aires. My mom asks Jessy "do you think he (referring to Cesar) is gay?" Jessy says "uh clearly duh" Well, Cesar walks out from the back and says "I'm not gay....I have a girlfriend" Pretty funny to say the least.

The next day, we went back by there. His girlfriend was there. We ended up staying for about 2 hours. Enjoying licuados, brownies and just chatting. Cesar wrote down spanish song lyrics and then had Jessy translate them in english. Needless to say, that is why we were there so long. Both Cesar and his girlfriend are very nice. We ended up exchanging email addresses and spent about an hour in there on our last day. The people in Buenos Aires are really friendly which helps to make a city great.

Song Quote: "No Estes Sola En Esta Llevia (Don't Be Done In This Rain). No Te Entregues Por Favor. (Please Don't Give Up)." Song Nos Veremos Otra Vez (I Will See You Again)

Can I Have Your....

Sphere aka "The Pyramid"

Imagine, if you will, sitting at a nice restaurant for brunch with your mom. As you are enjoying the ham and cheese omelet you ordered, suddenly you have a dirty finger pointing at your food repeating something in Spanish over and over. I kept saying no and then the waitress comes over telling the intruder to leave. The intruder didn't budge. The intruder finally decides to grab my omelet off my plate with her dirty, grimy hands. The waitress and the cook were extremely apologetic and we got a free media luna with ham and cheese. My mom was sitting across from me and described the intruder with bit, eyes and looked like a witch. Personally, I thought the whole thing was kind of funny (ok, and maybe a tad sad). Just another good travel story to add to all the others.

Uruguay, Check

ok, ok so I've traveled to a place or two, what can I say I love to travel and explore what the world has to offer. While in Buenos Aires, we took a boat across the Rio De Plata to a little town in Uruguay called Colonia Del Sacremento. Cute little town lined with cobblestone streets, street cafes, street musicians at night. One day we rented a golf cart and drove along the beach coast line and stopped to read on the beach.

Even though getting away from busy Buenos Aires for a couple of days, it felt nice to come back and spend a few more days in the city.

Buenos Aires, Argentina...Check

One more country, one more city to cross off that ever growing travel list. Gee, the keyboard at this 'internet cafe' is crap. The keys stick and one of them doesn´t even work. Add all that to the fact that the South American keyboards are not the easiest to type on anyway. It is like learning to type all over again :)

Buenos Aires is a big city with lots of shopping. I have been here 4 days and I am pretty sure that I have done more shopping in these four days then I have in my lifetime. My mom and I came down here to meet my sister, Jessy, who has been here for about a month trying to make some dance connections before she heads back to Berlin.

Bueno Aires is very famous for its Tango. In La Boca, which is a very colorful part of the city, there were lots of couples tango dancing, teaching the tourists and offering pictures with them. I did none of them above except watching a couple or two as I passed by.

I will post more when I am at a computer that has a fully functioning keyboard (or as fully functioning as a South America keyboard can be).