From Argentina pt 5

Saturday, July 21, 2007

The Language Barrier So it's my last night in Bariloche, and I should be going out to check out the night scene, but I'm beat from riding. But yeah, hit one of the first gaps in language. Some people speak English out here, but it's far less than in Cosmo B.A. Not too bothersome, but it sorta sucks when rolling solo at a hostel where the kids are cool, but have a hard time communicating. It was funny though when this Spanish (de España) Cat and I joked about this French guy. We're all cool, so it was in good fun. We were drinking, and the French guy had some Vodka and was making drinks. He mixed his with Apple Juice, while the rest used orange juice. When somebody tried it, they made a comment on the taste. Then I said, "Nunca he tomado vodka con manzana." Which I got the reply from the Spanish Cat, "El es Frances." It was pretty funny. I think this would have been a different experience if I would have gone with some kids I know, but so it goes--I made the choice to book my trip in advance to ensure that I could go riding. The kids from school are going next weekend, but they got lucky to find accomidations, as it's peak ski season. Would have been cool to roll with them, but didn't want to gamble on not going at all. Met some cool kids on the slopes, though. It took me a day to run into some kids that could ride, so it was cool finding people who could actually ride. But Bariloche is a cool town. It's like Boulder mixed with Tahoe. The minas are more of my liking...a bit more crunchy than the Porteñas. The problem with Argentina is that the women here are so hot that I fall in love every day. But on the bright side, I do fall in love every day (now I just need to work on the pick up line.) Either way, totally could spend a few more days here. The time would have been enough had I not snowboarded over 60% of the time I was here, but so it goes. I thought I had more to blog about, but guess not. Me Voy.