Today I met Margarita late in the morning, and we headed to a McDonald's. I really needed to catch up on the blog, because up until now I had only been able to write about my 1st day in Buenos Aires, and if I didn't write about everything soon, I knew I would forget what had happened.
Before ordering a coffee at McDonald's I tried to get free wi-fi connection so that I could talk to my family on Facebook and catch up on the blog, but it would not work, so I knew we were going to have to find another place. I was able to catch Margarita before she ordered our coffee and let her know that the computer wasn't working there, so we left and went across the street to another place called "Havanna" which is a restaurant/cafe. We went to find a seat, and I got out my laptop and tried to connect it to the internet. The site that was free was not working, so the manager of Havanna came over and helped me get connected to a private site by giving me a password. Finally, I was able to get on the internet and check e-mail and go to Facebook and say "hi" to everyone.
First I wanted to check my school e-mail to see what was going on concerning work. I read one e-mail and then started to reply to it, but I realized that the internet connection had gone away or something. Of course the message I had been writing disappeared...so I tried to connect my computer back to the internet again. This same thing happened two more times, so we moved to the back of the restaurant, hoping that it would help make the wi-fi connections stronger, but the same thing happened again.
I was able to get onto Facebook, and for some reason on this site, my computer would stay connected. I tried to load some new photos into my FB photo album, but when I clicked "upload" it stopped half-way through and quit. Again, I tried this about 3 times...but after an hour of clicking "upload" and then crossing my fingers, only to have it quit on me, I told Margarita that we should just forget it, and that I would do it later in another place.
We came back to Mercedes' print shop to have a snack and to wish her son happy birthday. I got to see the family sing "Happy Birthday" to him in Spanish, which was really neat. We stayed at the shop for a while, and I was able to connect better to the internet (finally) and work a little bit on the blog.
Later Margarita and I left and took a bus near to where she had a private English lesson with a student. There were a lot of shops and cafes in the area so I told her that she could meet me after her lesson, and that I would find a good place to hang out. I headed to a nice cafe and ordered coffee and was able to see the end of the Uruguay/Ghana soccer game. Everyone seemed pretty excited about Uruguay winning because it was one more South American country moving toward the finals.
After awhile, Margarita met me back at the cafe and we went to her house to get ready for a Rotary Club event. The Rotarians of Buenos Aires were celebrating the newly elected "governor" of the area in the Rotary Club. Margarita, her husband, and I headed in a taxi to the event. It was a very elegant affair. We arrived to find everyone at a cocktail hour in the upstairs lobby.
Soon the doors to the ballroom were opened and we went to sit at our assigned table. I recognized a few rotarians from the meeting I had attended with Mercedes the first night I arrived, so I was able to greet them and talk a little bit with them. Also, Margarita was excited to introduce me to many other rotarians, so I met A LOT of people and kissed A LOT of cheeks!
We had a great time eating delicious food and watching the pinning ceremony of the new governor. There was wine and even dancing towards the end of the night. I was "persuaded" to head to the dance floor where everyone danced salsa and joined a "conga line". I'm so glad that I got to participate in this event.
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