January 7, 2018
We decided to have a lazy day and my Dad and I did a quiz about how many of the United States we had been to.
My Dad has been to 49 of the 50 states and I have been to 37 of the 50.
Then I did a quiz on how many countries I've been to. The quiz took a really long time. When I was done the total was 41 countries. And I have been to all 7 continents!
Then we got out of our apartment and walked to the subway. When we got to the subway we got a Sube card which allows you to go through the gate to get on the subway. When we got off the subway we saw a big grocery store where we could maybe find luggage. We walked in and found the luggage section and there were only 3 types of luggage!
Then we walked some more to get to our destination which was San Telmo. San Telmo is a square that has Tango dancers and stalls with lots of cool things. We walked through all the stalls and then saw a really interesting stall that had a bunch of match sticks like the ones that you use to light a candle or sometimes even a stove. The lady who ran the stall and her husband carved match sticks into incredible things like somebody riding a bicycle, A Chef cooking on soup on a stove, tango dancers etc. The match sticks were all painted and carved I could not believe how detailed they were. We picked out our favorites and
purchased them. I got the chef who was cooking soup on the stove. My Mom &
Dad got 2 tango dancers and a lamppost with an accordion player sitting on a
bench.
A couple stalls over was a lady selling origami jewelry. My Mom got some origami crane earrings from the stall.
When we go to the tango area the 2, tango dancer started dancing. Personally, I thought they were just swaying and they were going slow. My Mom called them the 80-year-old tango dancers. Right next to the tango dancers was a necklace stall that had the same exact necklaces that I saw at the Musee de Orsay gift shops 2 years ago that I really wanted. The necklace that I saw at Musee de Orsay was 40 euros which is about $50 so there was no way that I was going to get that necklace because it was way to expensive. I asked the lady at the stall how much the necklace and she said… 40 pesos trying to divide 40 by 18 as fast as I could (that was the exchange rate from pesos to dollars 18) I figured it out, $2.22 I was over the moon about it. While I was picking out the necklace that I wanted, somebody came up and hugged me from behind. I turned around and it was Mia! I was really surprised to see Mia. Apparently, my Mom had told Mia’s Dad that we were going to be here. I showed Mia’s family where the best steakhouse is, it is called Sagardi.
A couple stalls over was a lady selling origami jewelry. My Mom got some origami crane earrings from the stall.
When we go to the tango area the 2, tango dancer started dancing. Personally, I thought they were just swaying and they were going slow. My Mom called them the 80-year-old tango dancers. Right next to the tango dancers was a necklace stall that had the same exact necklaces that I saw at the Musee de Orsay gift shops 2 years ago that I really wanted. The necklace that I saw at Musee de Orsay was 40 euros which is about $50 so there was no way that I was going to get that necklace because it was way to expensive. I asked the lady at the stall how much the necklace and she said… 40 pesos trying to divide 40 by 18 as fast as I could (that was the exchange rate from pesos to dollars 18) I figured it out, $2.22 I was over the moon about it. While I was picking out the necklace that I wanted, somebody came up and hugged me from behind. I turned around and it was Mia! I was really surprised to see Mia. Apparently, my Mom had told Mia’s Dad that we were going to be here. I showed Mia’s family where the best steakhouse is, it is called Sagardi.
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