Moved into our Apartment

We´ve moved into our little apartment in San Cristobel, an area between Once and San Telmo. Once is great for local milongas and San Telmo is perfect for living and breathing tango (for tourists). It´s also only a few stops to the centre of town, so a perfect location all in all. It´s nice to have our own space, own kitchen and own sofa to chill out. We´ve found a language school a few blocks away, a great coffee shop, a fast, cheap internet shop and generally a lovely, little neighborhood. As you walk down the street, you can hear teh old classic tango songs coming from porteño´s radio. The locals sit on their door steps and watch the world go by as the smell of coffee shops and parillas (Argentine BBQ) fill the air.

It´s quite different to the UK. The set up is quite traditional with small shop keepers providing different services - from laundry shops, greengrocer, small supermarket and panaderia (special bread shop). Since they´re all close by, we´ve been shopping as we need it. We go into the same shops every day and so we´re building relationships with the owners. People smile, talk and have a conversation with us. It´s quite a leap from the unfriendly areas of London where the large supermarkets dominate in a huge cold and clinical warehouse (not a big fan of this - bring back local services!).