Adventures of Cameron & Emma in Buenos Aires

Emmas lack of vocabulary, or possibly lack of hearing has resulted in a few embarrassing moments.

While in class I was learning about how to describe things I like and dislike about Buenos Aires.
Por ejemplo:
Me gusta la musica (I like the music).
Me encanta tomar mate (I love to drink mate).
Me molestan los mosquitos (I hate the mosquitoes).

During the classroom discussion I thought a classmate said “Me molestan los mosquitos” which by the way I do hate…as there are so many here at this time of year. Let me preface this with a little information about that classmate, David. He is from Montenegro and is a very conservative little dick, who constantly talks about how hot the teacher is and attempts to make jokes in vain. Although he is very annoying I suppose there are some redeeming qualities about him in that he is very energetic and outgoing, which is also why he is a bit annoying… either way, I’ll give it to him. In reality the Montenegrin did not say “me molestan los mosquitos” but rather “me molestan los transvestites”. I really don’t know how I got mosquitoes from transvestites, but unfortunately I did. Under this train of thought I shouted MI TAMBIEN!! as if I had just received the holy spirit. Everyone looked at me as if I were a bit crazy, then I realized too late that he was not talking about mosquitoes at all. At that point everyone thought we were both assholes. I tried quickly to redeem myself by further shouting of NO NO… ME ENCANTAN transvestites, Me molestan los MOSQUITOS! But little less than half of the class was listening to what I was saying; for now I guess I fall under the umbrella of loud/rude/judgmental (or possibly crazy) American.

Anyhow, last night I went running at Los Basques De Palermo, or more accurately: Paseo del Rosedal and as I was running toward the park, which is about 5 blocks from our house, I remembered that at night it is a hub for transvestite prostitutes. Feeling a bit anxious, I continued on my path to the park. Lo and behold I saw many a pretty lady waiting to be picked up. But the good news: there were no mosquitoes, so I was happy.

*** For more on transvestites in Palermo go here:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=email_en&refer=latin_america&sid=aeymRmStf96s