agustina prigoshin

My two-week Argentina trip felt more like a month and I loved every second of it (as I always do when I come down here).

My favorite part is driving through the city. I absolutely love the architecture. It’s like New York, with a European twist.

I’m jumping on a plane at 10:30 p.m. tonight (9:30 p.m. Miami time) and am sad to go. This trip was filled with tango, sea mammals, glaciers and tons of food!

The only thing I won’t miss is this country’s strange spacial proportions. Check out my dad’s parking garage (with my walking brother)! To park, you drive into the garage and to leave, you have to back up the whole way, haha!

When I first got here, a music festival was already winding down and I got the opportunity to catch some last minute shows.

I went to watch Gary Burton, a very well-known Jazz musician. He plays the vibraphone with four mallets as opposed to the usual two. He teamed up with several other jazz musicians and toured the world, including a stop in Buenos Aires.

Gary Burton got tango stuck in my head and I wanted more. So my friends took me to a milonga in an old warehouse.

A milonga is a type of tango music and dance, but at the same time, it’s a place where tango enthusiasts gather to dance. The dance floor was littered with a mix of experts and novices and the music was hypnotizing.

As soon as I get back to Miami, I’m taking tango lessons. I already spoke to a friend of mine who teaches and she’s waiting for me. I can’t wait!

While still on my tango high, the next night, I met up with my friend, Raul Cabral, a world-famous tango instructor who spends the year circling the globe and teaching tango. Raul invited me to Buenos Aires’ Channel 2 TV station to watch Tanghetto perform live in the studio.

Tanghetto plays electronic tango music:

Here’s another snippet of their performance:

After all that tango, I traveled south:

Visiting Trelew, Puerto Madryn and Puerto Piramides:

I loved the rocky beach:

My brother watched the whales get close to the shore:

And the reason for Puerto Piramides’ name are the pyramid shaped rock structures. This giant rock has several craters that are the result of when the Argentine Navy used it as target practice for their missiles:

I visited Ushuaia and met the most adorable sea lions who performed tricks for us:

I also rode the End of the World Train that actually took us to the end of the world:

Beyond this bay is where Argentina and Chile end, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans collide causing a very impressive and violent current and Antarctica begins:

Vistied El Calafate:

I saw some magnificent glaciers and hiked El Perito Moreno glacier:

Ate glacier ice:

Landed in Bariloche with a broken plane and wandered the empty airport, deliriously, for hours:

Finally back in Buenos Aires and eating as much delicious food as I can before heading back home. Mmm, empanadas and alfajores