New PR

Well I set a new personal best today. Technically two personal bests but they really go together. 1) I went to bed at 830 in the morning after I had already had breakfeast for the next day (it was already light outside
2) I woke up at 6 pm from the night before
After I got back from the Parrilla, me and two Irish girls I met went out for dinner. It was a really fancy place and I had milanesa (breaded meat) and we had a bottle of wine and the bill came out to less than $30 total for all of us. We then made our way to a Irish bar where the only two Irish people were the girls I was with. We got drunk, made Argentinean friends and ended up on a docked sailboat with our two new friends. Everything here just seems kind of unbelievable. I think I´m going to take it a bit easier tonight. I change hostels tomorrrow, the one I am in now is called TelmoTango and it is really nice but there is never anybody around. Alright, I´m really hungry so more later. Later.

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mom said…
Well Taylor. It looks like you have thrown caution to the wind. Remember you have six months to experience B.A. You don't have to do it all in a long...day, without sleep.
Is all of your socializing in Spanish?
Mom
July 14, 2008 at 11:18 PM
Peter Sloane said…
NO WAY, KEEP PARTYING!!

Peter
July 15, 2008 at 12:31 PM
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