I had a great night out on Friday night including dinner and dancing at a disco with the ADEC team. Overall, it relatively similar to going out at home, except everything is pushed back by about 2 hours. Dinner was at a place that reminded me of Friday’s, and the disco was comparable to a dance club. Anyone in Austin remember what the inside of Oslo looked like? That’s what I thought of in terms of décor, except the disco here also had strobe lights going all night. I’d say about 75% of the music I knew, with a few Latin American songs thrown in. I also learned how to do the Cumbia! Unlike the Tango, Cumbia is a dance that I might actually be able to learn.

Daniel, Paula, Roman, Isabel, and me at the disco

Saturday morning started out with some confusion about the trip to see the condors at Quebrada del Condorito. We thought we had reserved a guide, but it appeared we only reserved the transportation. Ooops. Luckily, the hotel was able to find us an English speaking guide on short notice. In the end, it turned out we didn’t need a guide at all and could have taken the public buses. We really lucked out though; the weather was beautiful, the hike was just the right amount of exertion, and we actually saw some condors!

Condors!
      

     
Attila and Roman                                                  Tina

    
A.J., Henk, Roman                                              Tarja and Henk

     
Henk, me, Roman                                              Henk’s famous jumping pose

Colorful birds, maybe a red-breasted blackbird, but I haven’t figured it out yet

Tarja got us all tickets to the Cordoba Banda Sinfonica for Saturday night at the Teatro Del Libertador General San Martin. The theater was beautiful inside and we had great seats for the performance. The show itself was fine, sort of funny actually, going to see an orchestra in Argentina perform songs from American movies including Braveheart, Gladiator, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars.
    

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