Back in Buenos

After 51 hours in a Bus from Ushuia I was back in Buenos Aires. I went straigt from the Bus Terminal to the International Bureau of Language and started up two more weeks of spanish school. Its the first time on the trip I´ve taken group classes and probably one of the few times in my life I´ve felt like the dumb kid in the class. But I guess that´s what happens when you are the only gringo in a class of swiss, brazilian, french-canadian, french-france, swedish and english students who all speak atleast two languages.

Its time for the Rague Festivaal ie Quilmes Rock 2007

The line up for Friday Night:

Arbol - Tree in spanish. Heard they are good, but didn´t make it to the show in time.

Psychadelic Furs - Anybody remember the song "Pretty in Pink". Maybe they were good in the 80s or early 90s. But when a stadium full of people are sitting on the ground talking while your singing, maybe its a sign to retire.

Babysonicos - The Argentinian version of the Darkness. This guy is just as ugly, but with even tighter pieter pan-like tights and a sequence top. In other words - they ROCKED! Not joking I´ve never seen a crowd go so crazy and at time dangerously out of hand.

Until Keane came on. I expected some mellow head bobbing and maybe some lighter waving, instead I was in the middle of absolute mayhem. Argentinians know the word to every Keane song and they are willing to do whatever it takes to get as close to the stage as possible. There was no way in or out, you just had to keep moving your feet as the crowd flowed from one side to the other. If you fell it was all over.

All in All: I LOVED IT!

The day after the concert I was off to Bolivia....until I found out I oculd get Rivers vs Boca tickets. The biggest soccer Rivalry in Argentina and maybe Latino America.

After 30 seconds Boca scored the first goal and I was thrown 2 rows forward by the screaming fans. I think I hugged almost everybody around me and the chants continued for the whole first half.

However, Rivers scored in the first minute of the second half. Seeing their fan section was directly above mine, suddenly there were streams of some yellow liquid coming down from the ledge above us. Luckily, I was about 3 rows back and completely covered by the overhang.

The game ended in a 1-1 tie. We had to wait 20 minutes while the fans were let out section by section. Which gave the rivers fans sufficient time to tear out some of the seats and throw them down into our section, but most everyone was covered by the overhang.