[Tango-L] Report from Buenos Aires #4: Before you dance

[Michael]

Edmundo:

Thank you for the comments. I went to Feria Matadores last weekend.
This weekend I went to San Telmo. I`ll write later about a beautiful
sign I bought in Spanish.

There are nieghborhood milongas where I´m staying in San Cristobal
within walking distance.
I´m going to post a review of each of them. The subway shuts down
around 11 and I don´t want to rely on a bus service or finding a cab.

Michael

On Sat, Apr 18, 2009 at 2:47 PM, Edmundo <erueda1 at elp.rr.com> wrote:
> Michael
>
> Just a few travel tips based on my seven trips to Baires.  Every year, I
> lease an apartment on Corrientes street 3 blocks from the Obelisco during
> their winters:
> 1. Gricel is a neighborhood milonga with excellent dancing when it is not
> too crowded.  I am sorry you had a bad experience.  Maybe it was all a
> misunderstanding since you do not speak Spanish and do not know the culture
> since this is your first trip to Baires. Porteños are lively, articulate,
> and very nice when treated likewise.  Otherwise they do have a fiery temper.
>
> 3.  Have you tried some of the milongas in the suburbs that are more
> authentic, not too many tourists, such as: Glorias Argentinas, Boedo Tango,
> Sunderland, Sin Rumbo, La Baldosa, etc. etc.? Have you tried the FREE
> Glorieta dancing in the park at Belgrano on the weekends?
>> 5.  Your best bet for getting around the city is the Subte and then walk to
> your destination. Colectivos can be disorienting sometimes.
> 6.  Have you been to the delta at El Tigre and the outdoor fair in
> Mataderos?  Have you eaten a grilled Choripan in the street with a nice cold
> beer and shoot the bull with the local people?
>> 8.  Be careful when you go to the Boca/Caminito/Riachuelo fair on the
> weekends because it gets too crowded.  Instead try and walk the cobblestone
> streets in San Telmo when they have the street fairs on the weekends.
>
> Chau and best of everything.
>
> MUNDO in Texas