Friday night we went to a party with some of Emily friends who were all Argentine. Although they were all Argentine, they all spoke English exceptionally well. One of her friends, Simon, had learned English by watching American movies and picking out phrases that would work well to express what he wanted to say. He explained to us that there are many expressions in English that express certain things better than he would even be able to express in Spanish, which lead him to result to English frequently among his friends to explain himself. Things such as “I am not in the mood” would simply be expressed “No” in Spanish; a few other ones were “not necessarily” and “that’s fair enough”. He assured us that if Hollywood was in a Spanish speaking country that we would already be able to speak the language.

Today we came back to Buenos Aires. We unfortunately had to leave on the nicest day yet since we had been there, but we are going to the River Plate v.s. Boca Juniors game tomorrow at 2pm, which is the biggest game of the year and we wanted to get back on time. While leaving Mar Del Plata we noticed that the beaches were filled with hundreds of people. It was only 60 degrees, so seeing the beaches this crowded at the slightest sign of good weather means that our guide book must have been serious when saying that on a summer weekend its difficult to take more than two strokes without putting out someone’s eye.