TO DO LIST:
X Get into Buenos Aires, Argentina - DONE
X Find an Apartment in Palermo, Recoleta, Barrio Norte or Belgrano - DONE
X Purchase a cell phone in Buenos Aires - DONE (2x)
X Have dinner at a true Porteno's (local) home that I meet - DONE
X Play basketball with locals (try to get in a league) - DONE
X Go to the Recoleta Cemetery - DONE
X Buy something at the market in San Telmo - DONE
X Go to a local concert - DONE
X Play in a pick-up Futbol match - DONE
X Cafe Tortoni for Coffee - The oldest Cafe in Buenos Aires - DONE
X Get a local job (beyond teaching English) - DONE
X Get invited to a Soccer Match in Buenos Aires and go crazy routing for the home team - DONE
X Take Polo Lessons - DONE
X Attend a Polo Match - DONE
X Take Tango Lessons - DONE
X Visit the colorful houses of La Boca - DONE
X Make it to a 2nd date with a portena (anyone can have a bad first date) - Jackpot!
- Go to a Boca game at La Bombonera
- Take a cooking and/or pastry class
- Visit a "Telo"
- Learn how to play Truco and win a game against a local guy
- Attend the Feria Mataderos
- Drive a car/bike in the city of Buenos Aires.
- La Catedral Del Tango - Milunga
- Read a book by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (and understand).
- Go to a Professional Rugby Match
- Go to a Professional Basketball Game
- Check out the farmers market on Jorge Newbery
- Win a Tango contest!
SPANISH:
X Start taking individual Spanish lessons - DONE
X Help someone with directions - DONE
X Pick up a local portena in a bar - Jackpot!
X Take a group Spanish class - DONE
- Go to a Spanglish event.
- Be able to read the Buenos Aires Newspaper front to back.
- Watch the news and understand everything.
- Hold a conversation with a nice old lady in the market.
- Custom order something at a restaurant.
- Hold a conversation at a Barber Shop.
Outside Buenos Aires (Pending Funds):
X San Antonio Areco for the Fiesta de la Tradicion - DONE
X Tigre, Argentina - DONE
X Rosario, Argentina - DONE
- San Isidro outside of Buenos Aires
- Lujan Zoo Tour
- La Pampa, Argentina
- Cordoba, Argentina
- Mar Del Plata, Argentina
- Red Desert in Salta, Argentina
- Compare Iguazu Falls (on the Argentina side) to my home town Niagara Falls.
- Step on grapes in Mendoza & taste the wines of Argentina's wine country.
- Ski & rough it in Patagonia (maybe while wearing a nice Patagonia half-zip fleece sweeter vest).
- Drink whiskey after trekking on El Perito Moreno.
EXTRAS OUTSIDE ARGENTINA (Pending lots of stuff):
X Colonia, Uruguay - DONE
X Montevideo, Uruguay - DONE
X Hit the beaches of Punta del Este, Uruguay - DONE
- Santiago, Chile
- Spend time in Colombia
- Visit a "family member" at La Paz Prison in Bolivia.
- Ski the Andes in Chile.
- Think about how insignificant my life is at Machu Picchu in Peru.
- Climb a tree in the Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador.
- Kayak in the Galapagos Islands.
- Catch crabs on Easter Island
- AND somehow get involved in this...
WHAT AM I MISSING???? CONTACT ME.