Since our trip to Iguazu, I have done some fun things with my uncle. I will tell you a few of them.
One of the things that we did was a polo game that we went to. We watched one of the final games in the championship. One team crushed the other. There we saw many people from Europe or the United States, and of course Argentina, that had come to see the game. Some people love polo, and since the polo season already ended in the north, they came to Argentina to watch polo games. As you probably already know, the game is played with a really hard white ball, and there are many people on horses, with mallets, trying to hit the ball between the two goal posts. It was funny.
After that, we went to Recoleta where there is a huge outdoor fair where they sell stuff. We went to the science museum there. After that, we went to a restaurant that we really like called El Sanjuanino.
The day after that, we went to the Casa Rosada (the pink house), which is where the president of Argentina works. It was very nice, but not as big as the White House. We got to go on a tour and we even got to see where she works, because she was not there – instead she was in her house. The president is Cristina Kirchner.
After that, we went to a café that is the oldest café in Buenos Aires. That is a place where many famous writers used to go. The table where we happened to sit down was the table of Federico Garcia Lorca. They had good hot chocolate and churros. The only problem was that the waiter who served us forgot half our order, so we only got half of what we ordered. I was sort of sad because I really wanted to try their cake with ice cream.
I am home from school today because one or two kindergarteners have meningitis, and so they are fumigating the school.
We are delighted that you enjoyed watching the polo match, and learned so much about horses and mallets and scoring. Perhaps you will start a polo team in Amherst when you get back, and of course, after the snow melts. How is your horseback riding? We know it's quite the "rich man's sport", so maybe you should just go and watch other people play, while you concentrate on things like marbles, ping-pong and Rubik's cubes!
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Very cool to read about all those things that we did together in Buenos Aires!! I had so much fun with you when I was visiting. Now you have just about one month left before you come back to the US. I hope that every day of your remaining time in Argentina is fantastic and memorable!
ReplyDeletexxx Uncle Ell.