So, while work is still not anything noteworthy, my experience in Buenos Aires has radically improved. On Wednesday night, I met up with a friend of a friend from law school, and we saw a movie called Matrimonios Arreglados (Arranged Marriages), a movie about the custom of having arranged marriage as seen through the eyes of the two protagonists - an Orthodox Jew and a Syrian Muslim. The movie was followed by a debate between an Orthodox Rabbi from Buenos Aires and some representative of Islam.
Since Wednesday, I have spent most of the time hanging out with girls in the office - lawyers, paralegals, and secretaries - who are closer to me in age than the people I met last week. We eat lunch together, practice English/Spanish, and generally hang out. One of them took me to the Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires (BCBA - the Argentine Stock Exchange), and we were able to go onto the trading floor because I am an American. Love it! It was quite entertaining to see a 90-year old man sitting in front of a computer on the trading floor, perusing Facebook. Genial! Not too bad, considering that everyone else was watching the World Cup.
Tonight, I am meeting someone for a language exchange and some dinner...should be a good time. Will write soon.
Chau chau.
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