Out on the Town

Last night Tom and I went out on the town with our friend, Peter a Scot who has lived in Buenos Aires for 15 years.  He took us to a coffee house, Cafe Tortoni, which is the place to go but we had never been there.  Then, we were off to a wine bar.  Most cafe's don't start swinging until 3 a.m., but thankfully we were home early.

Saturday, we took one of Tom's colleague's out to a favorite steak house, Don Julio's....everyone devours steak here!  Then, she treated us to delicious ice cream.  The ice cream places are also open until midnight with people steaming into the streets.

We are still figuring out the customs here.  Like the custom of mate....we tried to order it upon first arriving in Mendoza but the server explained that mate was only served in the home or on special occasions.  We went to a tango performance, it is such a passionate, aggressive, unsmiling dance, just like the city.