Monday, 12 November 2007

Ben Rotten in Buenos Aires

Doesn’t the title kind of sound like a porno? (am I allowed to write that? That’s a funny line lol).
Buenos Dias from Buenos Aires!
The weather sucks, but that’s the only thing bad about this place. I LOVE Buenos Aires. I’ve fallen in love twice. This city is so charming with its friendly people, plentiful steak and wine, and tango! I danced the tango… terribly. 
We met a tango teacher, Natalia, on Monday night at La Zona De Combate, a party hosted by MTV in conjunction with Smirnoff. She’s a great teacher, even though I could tell she found my lack of rhythm both frustrating and amusing at the same time.
We also met the remaining finalists from South America for the ninth place in The Smirnoff Ten and I wish we could bring them all if for any other reason than I’d be guaranteed to learn Spanish a hell of a lot quicker than I am now. And I took years of Spanish, even though that was years ago before the innocence of my youth was corrupted by too much “knowledge” in college.
Today we’re shooting life on the streets in BA. Oh how I love this city. The people are sooooooo beautiful. I can’t stress enough how much in love I am… with the city of course. I don’t know why I feel so relaxed and calm here. The time when I become most alive is at night though. There’s a sweet whisper of adventure and romance that dances across my soul when the sun sets. The rhythmic come hither trance that is the backbeat of Buenos never lets me down. It continues to fuel the passion I have to see this world and all it has to offer. Next stop, Mexico City baby!

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