Argentina is celebrating their bicentennial this year, and a new cultural center opened this week in honor of the 200 years. There are events going on all week commemorating the history of the country and its people. As part of that, there was a concert of an Argentine and a Brazilian woman. Meri (the Catalana), Flor (the French who lives in Barcelona) and I went together, and it was a wonderfully intimate and acoustic show with some great talent! They sang folk songs with undertones of samba and local sounds.
Afterward, we went to a bar for the birthday of a Brazilian friend that I had met in cine class. I met a guy from Madrid who grew up in the neighborhood in Madrid where I stayed in October 2009 and ived in Iowa for 2 years! It was crazy!! It always surprises me when people a) have heard of Minnesota; b) are actually familiar with it.
(Vicky in the middle surrounded by other Brazilians)
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