Table for uno, por favor.
The rest of the world knows all about internet cafes. As a person whose travels are more likely to take her to Indianapolis than Istanbul, they´re new to me. But as an alleged student of new media, I figure I´d better learn about them. So here I am, on Avenido de 9 de Julio (I think), blogging at 45 degrees south.
This won´t be a long item. I´m using a Spanish-language keyboard, and I can´t figure out where my favorite keys are. The apostrophe has been moved, so, few contractions.
Having a wonderful time! Wish you were here! BA is lovely and hot, full of handsome people and enormous steak dinners that sell for around $4 American. Otherwise, we´re seeing the city (Evita´s tomb yesterday, “Carmen” at Teatro Colon last night) and falling under its spell, if that isn´t too cheesy a way to put it. Tonight, tango.
And I must pay my cafe bill and meet my party. More later.
December 12th, 2003 at 8:30 am
For those of you who don’t have the secret Nancy Nall decoder ring:
BA = Buenos Aires
AA = Ann Arbor
FW = Fort Wayne
The Fort = FW
CO = Clumps, Ahia
Clumps, Ahia = Columbus, Ohio
December 12th, 2003 at 10:49 am
My sharp proofreader’s eye caught this omission, JC:
Pffft = kaput
December 12th, 2003 at 3:38 pm
I hear it’s a good time to be in Buenos Aires since the Southern Hempishere gets the seasons backwards.
December 12th, 2003 at 6:29 pm
Teatro Colon… hmmm, I seem to recall both Katie Couric and Ronald Reagan performing there once. Sort of a “Deep Inside Annie Sprinkle” that even your children could watch.
December 12th, 2003 at 11:00 pm
You got Matts email about the sights and sites of BA, right? (If you cant have apostrophes, neither will I.)
December 13th, 2003 at 3:11 pm
I’m envious. What a wonderful adventure.
December 14th, 2003 at 7:28 pm
My first internet cafe experience was in Ireland. We made use of an actual cafe style place as well as a coin operated one placed phone booth style in a shopping mall. They were pretty reasonably priced and very convenient. We also tried one in a bar but it was out of order. That wasn’t surprising. The world got really small then. The internet cafe was easier to use than figuring out how to dial a voice call home. Glad you’re having a great time, missing the snow.