I still can't get enough of Buenos Aires. I get excited thinking about how much fun I had on my last trip. The second day we were in Buenos Aires Jared, Hayden, and I were invited to a party in the Sheraton Hotel in Plaza San Martin. My friend, Eugenia, had invited us to this huge party. I had no idea what to expect, but since a local was taking us with them I knew it was going to be a lot of fun.
Everything in Buenos Aires starts so much later than anywhere I have been around the world. Eugenia had told me that the party was not going to start until about 1.30 am. So before we headed out Jared, Hayden, and I went to dinner around 12 am. We found this local restaurant on the corner of Santa Fe and Aguero that served us unbelievable Bife de Lomo (steak). We were just at a regular restaurant, and the steak was better than most steakhouses in the States! By the time we got done eating it was 1 am so we headed back to our apartment to meet up with Eugenia and her sister Cecilia. (I had met Eugenia two years earlier on my first trip to Buenos Aires. We have stayed in contact over the last two years, and have become really good friends.)
It only took about 10 minutes to drive down Avenida Santa Fe from Palermo to arrive in Plaza San Martin. Once we got to the front door we met some of Ceci's friends and headed into the party. The ticket to get into this party was $40 Argentine Pesos (around $13 US Dollars), and that included one free drink. Once we got past security we headed down these stairs into the bottom of the hotel. They had this huge ballroom that where the party was being held. The funny part about us showing up at 1.30 am was that it was still early for Buenos Aires. It wasn't until about 3 am when the party started to really get going! (the video is really dark, but you'll get the feeling of how the party was)
The DJ played electronic music the whole night. It wasn't bad, but I'm not a huge techno fan. I had no complaints though...I was happy to be in Buenos Aires. The party had a great vibe to it. I am pretty sure that us "Gringo's" stood out. It could be the fact that Jared and Hayden don't speak Spanish or it could have been Hayden's dance moves? I am still debating which one it was. Everybody that we met at the party would ask us the same question. "What are you doing at this party?" It was fun to go to a party where we were the only foreigners there!
After hanging out in the main area of the ball room for an hour or two, Ceci's friends got us into the V.I.P. area. We ended dancing back in V.I.P until the end of the party. Which was around 7.30 am. The night seemed to fly by. On the way out of the party we all had our pictures taken in front of this huge sign. I asked Ceci and Eugenia if they knew what thumbs up meant, because I figured that they knew. They had no idea what it meant. I showed them the thumbs up sign, and they both starting laughing. If they didn't know what the term thumbs up meant then I am assuming nobody in the whole party knew either. (this is Jared with a bouncer at the party...he thought he was Rambo)
By the time we walked out of the party the sun was up! All of our eyes were definitely a little wounded by the sunlight after being inside in a dark ballroom for 6 hours. I always feel that it was a great night out if you start to go home when the sun is out. I can't speak for my friends, but I can tell you that the Thumbs Up Fest was a lot of fun. I would definitely recommend going next year if you have the chance. Who knows, you might see us all there next year?!
