Habitición 1906

We got back from Palermo Soho at sunrise (5:30am). It was pretty crazy, considering that the neighborhood was still going strong, the club was not shutting down, anytime soon. And although we met no Brazilians that night, I think we can all agree it was a fun night. We slept for about 2 hours, woke up at 7:30 to catch the bus towards Mar del Plata. I sat in that coach bus, and was out.

Mar del Plata is pretty awesome. At first it reminded a lot of people like the Jersey shore, because its definitely a beach town. But don't worry this is no SEASIDE (despite James' fond memories of that trashy-seaside-resort). I kind of would equate it to Miami, if any US city, because everyone is on vacation.

We checked into our room for the next month - 1906. Already its better than the hotel in Buenos Aires:
1. There's water.
2. The elevators go faster than one floor a minute.
3. The room is not reminiscent of a cave (the windows open, and there's no tunnel to the room.)

See for yourself, Habitición 1906, en Hotel 13 de Julio.





So we explored the main walking areas, and stopped into some shops and cafés. Made some friends in the candy store. People speak less English here than in Buenos Aires; we really used our language skills. Favorite moment was when our friend Michaela at the candy store said in her broken English: "You Spanish is better than mi English" Its nice to impress the locals.

We definitely got lost exploring the city looking for this restaurant recommeneded to us by people who went on the program yesterday. We ended up in the "hood" part of Mar. We were a big group of about 10, and asked the police for directions when they pointed us to the other side of town, we decided to stay in the neighborhood we had stumbled upon to which he said, "Ten Cuidado" (Be careful) that was enough to convince us to give up and head back to the touristy section, which we did and enjoyed drinks outside.

One thing I've noticed about South America is kids are out way later than in the U.S. we were sitting outside yesterday and kids who were like 8 and 10 were walking by with their parents at 2am. Even when on vacation, I don't think, I was ever out with my family that late. I don't know when these people sleep. It's insane.