Gypsies and Midgets
As it turns out, anytime that I (Emma) say I can’t stay out late, and that I am tired,,, I end up getting home around 7 in the morning, or later….
Cameron, Paige and I decided to have a night out just the three of us, actually our first one since Paige arrived. Paige and I were determined to show Cameron the Flamenco bar, and although we didn’t know exactly where it was, were able to find it with relatively no problems. When mentioning this famous flamenco spot in a past entry, I forgot to mention that one of the owners is Gypsy, or… Roma if you will. Apparently there is a huge Roma community here in Buenos Aires, and it seems that about half of them frequent this bar. As soon as we arrived the owners recognized Paige and me, ushered us in and quickly gave us a table, and a pitcher of sangria, accompanied with peanuts and olives. They sat with us for a bit, and we were disappointed to learn that we had missed the live music. But luckily the flamenco they have as bar music was almost as amazing. We were there for about two hours and again, got to talk with most of the staff. Cameron decided to head home and I was on the verge of leaving.. But something told me I should work through my tiredness, and push through. I was later very pleased with this decision. As Cam left more and more people, or gypsies started arriving, and dancing. Paige and I decided it was probably time to join them, so we found two older men,,, (about 70) and started dancing with them… they loved it. We danced for what seemed to be about half an hour, but turned out to be three or more hours. Those Gypsies know how to get down, it was a little intimidating, but I was able to hold my own… probably because it was with an old man, and next to him, I looked like a pro.. jeje. As my feet were starting to tire, we decided to leave. We stumbled out of the bar, and lo and behold it was completely daylight. I turned to Paige and said.. “Lets get a beer”, she was more than ready to comply.
This is me,,, shocked that it is so early in the morning.. or rather late…
Paige and I
As we were leaving a car pulls up with two guys,,, they apparently also wanted to grab another drink, and so we meet up with them at a bar down the street. What we were unaware of, is that when a midget (or is it more PC to say little person?) is in a car, you can’t tell they are a midget, but once they get out of the car, it becomes very apparent. (Note to midgets, if you ever want to pick up girls,,, do it from your car! ) Anyhow this pleasantly surprised us. The midget was with his cousin, who was more than friendly towards me…. For some reason I told them I was from Sweden, and I am pretty sure they were impressed by this, they kept asking Paige and I if we spoke the same English, and were surprised that we could communicate so well.
The two paid our cover and bought us some drinks, we danced for a bit and decided to head home… the midget insisted that he drive us to our doorstep, so we accepted. By this time,,, it was bout 9 am… as we get out of the car.. I turned to Paige and said.. “Lets get a beer”. She once again was more than happy to comply, but we decided first to take a little nap in the park.
We went up to our apt, grabbed some blankets,, and of coarse, I brought my pillow. We set up bed in the park and laid there as the sun continued to rise. Out of nowhere two Colombian boys stroll up to us and start chatting, Paige, in an attempt to get them away told them that we were lesbians, and that they could only sit with us if they bring some beer… at this point, I fall asleep. I am awakened by a little nudge and the two are back with beers. I again fall asleep, but Paige continues to talk and drink with them until well into the morning… about 11. At this point she also falls asleep, but was not quite as smart as I was… As I slept, I covered my whole body with the blanket, but she slept outside of the blanket… needles to say, she had quite the farmer’s burn…. Pretty funny actually. Once it got too hot, we went inside and finally had a good “nights” sleep.
I have a feeling that you will hear about 1. The flamenco bar, 2. The Colombians (they have already invited us to a few gatherings) and 3. More crazy nights of Emma and Paige in the near future. And I can only hope that the midget contacts us, although we only gave him our email.. we shall see.
