Entries from June 2009

June 21, 2009

Tango in Medellin, Colombia

Try as we might, we were not able to experience Argentine Tango in Medellin.  The supposed birthplace of Carlos Gardel (Wikipedia says so…  OK, it also goes on to say he was born in Argentina and Uruguay too) and his place of death.  Apparently that’s what counts.
We reasearched on the internet (very little un-detailed info), [...]

June 11, 2009

Culture Immersion

Oftentimes when we were in Buenos Aires we felt very conflicted about seeing dancers we knew from Toronto.  Let us rephrase that:  We weren’t really conflicted, but we didn’t want to offend anyone.
Let me, the lady, preface by saying that I have lived abroad.  I originally went to teach children English in Europe for a [...]