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We had yet more steak this week – Leah was here for two nights before flying home, so we had to have a departure dinner for her. El Establo was the favourite restaurant of the week – really friendly staff and great food. There was also a couple of nights out. Thursday, we went to a great place – Club Araos. When we arrived there was a skate board competition going on followed by some break dancers. Afterwards came the regular DJ and they played some good RnB all night so we did plenty of dancing.

And then came the highlight of the trip – A Jesus theme park. We went to Tierra Santa on Saturday, having heard about the giant mechanical Jesus that resurrects from behind a mountain we were quite curious. The whole place was quite bizarre – loads of tacky installations for everything in the bible – a last supper room, a stations of the cross, a nativity scene and even a wailing wall. All of them involved lifesize plastic models that had moving mouths and limbs – all very bizarre! And so we come to the end of the first part of the trip. Onwards to Salta!

So Monday morning arrived too quickly and it was back to class for more Spanish fun. We all improved over the second week, however it is still really hard to understand the locals when they are speaking in full flow.  Monday afternoon we did a bus tour – good way to see where all the sites are around the city but it was pretty cold and the audio tape was out of synch so it was a case of  “look left” and there was nothing there.

Later in the week we went to MALBA (Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buonos Aires) which was really good – loads of cool art work, starting from 1900s and the building itself was really impressive.

Afterwards we went to the Evita Museum – very interesting to learn a bit more about her…

She had some nice outfits aswell…

Finally Friday came and we had the weekend off from school! Steffi´s bday on Saturday gave us a good excuse to go out even though unsurprisingly Friday night (the warm up night) turned out a bit later than expected so Saturday was quiet enough. Friday, we had some drinks in the hostel and then headed to the club (Krobar) they had arranged. Things start late here and finish early. It is unusual to go out before 1 and at the weekend clubs will go on til 6 or 7. It is the same in restaurants here – it is quite common to go out for a meal at 11 or 12.

On Sunday, refreshed from our early night (asleep about 3) we went to the San Telmo markets. Loads of interesting stuff to buy here – they are famous for their antiques. We stuck to earrings/necklaces/tshirts though. Alot of the markets have these fresh orange juice stalls – really tasty about 4/5 oranges in each glass!

So of course one of the big things to see in Buenos Aires is a Tango show! We got a good deal organised at the hostel – tango show, dinner and a lesson included with transport there and back about 30 euro, all food and wine included.

When we arrived we were split into chicas and chicos (oh the spanish classes are showing!) to learn our steps then set out on the dance floor to practice the moves. Of course double the amount of girls to guys there but we all got a twirl

Afterwards we sat down for dinner (steak to keep up the tradition) and lots of red wine. The show was great – there was a live band and the dancers were amazing, slightly better than our efforts!

Home to the hostel where a party had started…last one of us home at  5.15am (taking bets now who it was…) so classes today were pretty long…

More steak at La Cabrera tonight should cheer us up, supposed to be one of the best places in town!

We arrived here on Saturday and went straight to Millhouse hostel. Good first impressions and started off with a good long sleep! Only some of us could sleep on the plane

Yesterday we went to see some markets and visit Cementerio de la Recoleta – famous graveyards. We found an “O Leary” and a “Father Fahy”!  We also went to the markets nearby to stock up on gloves and scarves – colder than you would expect here, glad I have the thermals!

Last night, we went for the first steak dinner at El Desnivel – delicious! They’re will be many more to follow…