Tennis Anyone???

I have been in Buenos Aires for 4 nights....here are some of my highlights thus far:

Monday ...had lunch at the corner cafe with my mom, aunt and uncle.
afternoon siesta and dinner delivered to my apartment (a nice juicy steak and flan for dessert)

Tuesday ...Hang out with my new friend Christy...she is also here visiting Buenos Aires on an extended leave. We went out at night to a local watering hole for ex-pat's...called Shoeless Joe.
It just so happened that Tuesday's is free beer for the ladies. I had no problem drinking
Quilmes, an Argentine beer...Christy chose a nice Malbec. It felt good to speak Ingles!

Wednesday...Christy and I walked all over town; I was her official translator. She is trying to sign up for an intensive spanish course...this is when we realized that we were definitely in a Latin American country...couldn't get a definite answer at all...and no..she is still not signed in for a class.

Thursday...had lunch with my mom...walked again...to a Chilean supermarket chain called JUMBO...it's like a mixed between Target and Metropolitan Market. In other words, I could of stayed there for hours...but fortunately we bought a few things and heading out for our afternoon coffee. Tea and scones is what we actually ended up having...very British of us I know! They bring the tea pot to the table, the place is full of people and all the tea cups and saucers are a mismatched...I love it!
I discovered this place on Wednesday with Christy...it's going to be my "regular spot"...3 blocks away from my apartment...and as if that was not good enough...who walks in but no other that the recently 2009 Crowned US OPEN CHAMPION...and latest Argentine Idol...Juan Martin Del Potro!!!!! Really!!! He is as tall in person as in TV....very nice eyes ...very nice, humble and sooooo young ;) I was kicking myself for not having my camera with me...but I couldn't help myself...had to aks for his autograph...I know so uncool of me...but I just had to... :)

Now is Friday morning....7:30am...the city is waking up...I can hear the buses passing by below my window and the upstairs neighbor,,..walking on her heels as she gets ready to go to work.

Me....I am just fixing myself a cup of cafe con leche...