Study Abroad in Santiago, Chile and Travels in South America 2013: My Last Day In Argentina

Hola todos,

For my last day in Argentina, I went all out. Since I had gone to the Sunday Market again the day before, I therefore was able to see Casa Rosada, the most beautiful building. For that reason, Johan and I went to Buenos Aires's China Town. Haha! It was maybe three blocks. I told Johan that it was a tiny introduction to the China Town in NYC. Size aside, it had the typical China Town stores: selling little gadgets that no one actually needs, knock-off purses, but this one obviously had a twist of leopard.
After China Town, we went to a neighborhood called Belgrano. This area is known for all the shops they have. Because the Argentina peso isn't doing very well and no one wants it, I had to spend everything I had because it would've made no sense to bring them back to Chile and get half of their worth. Therefore, Johan and I went shopping! Since one of the first days I met him, we were looking for a jacket for him, considering he came without one. However, finding a jacket was particularly difficult for him because he is very tall and thin. Not many Argentines are super tall and thin. Therefore, 99% of the jackets we tried on were too big and too short. Well finally, we found one! He bought it and then later I ended up buying some bright yellow heels! They look so cool. It was funny though because afterwards, I was saying how I was even more excited about his jacket than my heels considering it was a huge pain to find that jacket!
Afterwards, we went to an event called Bombas de Tiempo. This is a very popular, drum-line that Buenos Aires is known for. I put on my heels and we went and watched them. They were really good! It was about ten of them all playing different beats on several different drums. It was a huge crowd of people dancing. We also met up with about six other international students that Johan knew. We all hung out there until about 10PM, and then.... Johan, four of the other internationals and I went to the Tenedor Libre!
My final request for my last day in Argentina was to eat as much wonderful food as possible. Obviously I am a big foodie. (I skyped with my mom earlier today and she said how I talk about the food I ate while in Argentina in all of my blog posts, which I suppose is true.) The Tenedor Libre was the completely correct place to go for the last Argentine supper. Wonderful meat and food and wine, and loads of it. We were there for about two hours, eating and talking. It was so much fun and was a wonderful meal. Of course, it was difficult to stand up and walk afterwards, but completely worth it!
Then, we all caught the bus and went over to Johan's rooftop terrace. He had found an apartment the day before and we figured it would be fun to do something not just my last day in Argentina but for his first day at the apartment.
It was a great last night, but it also made it hard to leave the next morning. I wanted to stay longer and enjoy everything even more. But, don't worry Buenos Aires, you have not seen the last of me!!