Salsa dancing is not easy

Hola todos! I'll try and keep this one a little shorter because I seem to be giving a bit much detail.


Normal day yesterday, nothing too exciting. Last night was unbelievable, seems to be a trend.  We went to a place called Terrazas del Este on the river with some friends of friends.  It seemed like a 5 star tropical resort which was actually a nightclub.  When we pulled up there was a massive line of cars and tons of people walking towards this place.  Its what they call here an "after office party" starting at 7pm, about an hour or 2 before normal dinner time.  Dress code was pretty strict, dress pants, shoes, belt, shirt, etc, or no admission.  We sat until about 830 getting some food and talking with new people, then suddenly people started walking out the door.  Where could they be going?


One of the many massive dance rooms in one of the other joined buildings or patios or decks, of course.  This place was so big that they had about 6 live djs.  Each room had its own music style- reggaeton, salsa, techno, more salsa, etc.  There were about 5000 people there (about one to two thousand less than normal because it was raining) and every single one of them was dancing.  I've never danced that much in my life, or seen that many people dancing.  Around 130am we couldnt move from exhaustion so we headed home.


Today we hung out all day until a quick little interview with our history and culture professor.  At 7 we had tango/salsa lessons.  We went to this cultural center/restaurant and arrived as tango started.  Two instructors gave us step by step instructions on the basic moves of tango.  Tango is really hard, but really fun.  Then after that a few new instructors came out and gave the same thing but for salsa.  Salsa is really really hard, and really really fun.  We sweat like crazy and danced for a while, then ate dinner and watched everybody else dance for a while.  Around maybe 11pm all of the tango instructors cleared the floor and put on a show.  Watching professional tangoers tango is sooo cool.  Its crazy that they dont get their feet tied up and can stay together so perfectly.  Its a super beautiful dance too.


Afterward we headed right home because tomorrow morning (actually in about 7 and a half hours) we are headed to Uruguay.  We're taking a high speed ferry to Colonia and spending the day and a night there, then Saturday super early we're taking a bus to Punta del Este.  Saturday night is there, then back to Colonia and BA Sunday night.  No internet there, so I'll update with lots of pictures and videos from tonight on Monday.  Hasta lluego.