OMG! Ricky Martin is performing in Buenos Aires on 11 and 12 March! I missed him in El Calafate a few weeks back….I tried to get tickets on line last night (there were $500 ones still available) but my bank was not being recognised by the ticket website program (curses), so I took myself off to the ticket office this morning, hoping against hope that there would be some good ones still available.  Stood in line for an hour before I got told they only had ‘standing’ tickets ….. doh! Saves me $500 but very sad that I couldn’t attend what will be an amazeballs! (boomers, check urban dictionary) concert.

Decided to sign up for a show called “Fuerza Bruta”, a ‘post modern’ theatre show that originated in Buenos Aires in 2003, created by Diqui James. (Post modern productions are centered on highlighting “the fallibility of definite truth, instead encouraging the audience to reach their own individual understanding”).  It apparently, is a very energetic spectacle, featuring interaction between the performers and the public, and is described as a 360 degree experience. Will let you know what that’s about, after I’ve attended a performance on 11/3! Got a general admission ticket! Also booked a ticket for a (totally restrained but hopefully spectacularly sensual) tango show tomorrow.

Long walk today from the Recoleta area I’m staying in, to the Obelisk and Teatro Colon (the main opera house in Buenos Aires, and acoustically considered to be amongst the five best concert venues in the world).  No performances before 15 March however – drats, would have loved to attend a ballet or musical event! Is there a theme developing here??

There’s quite a bit of building works going on in the city, so you step carefully along broken pavements; there’s lots of dust…and then you suddenly see the decorative entrance to a naval building circa 1880’s  …and park sculpture circa 1930’s…..that makes the walk worth it. 

Tired gal this afternoon, retired to hotel at 3pm after 5 hours of ambling. Fitbit has buzzed (hit 10,000 steps at noon!). English language TV, what a treat – watching back episodes late 1990’s/early 2000’s TV series of “Will and Grace”, and “Mad About You” – lovely.