So, I’m sure that most Americans don’t know that our Flag Day is June 6, but Argentines certainly know when theirs is…because it’s a holiday! The actual Flag Day is June 20, but since it fell on a Sunday, they get Monday off of work! To celebrate, Marisa’s parents came over and made us chorizos a la pumarola. It’s a sausage dish that’s served with mashed potatoes – quite tasty!!
Marisa y su papá
Melina y Marisa
intently watching the World Cup game
the chorizos a la pumarola
todos juntos / everyone together
serving #1
chorizos a la pumarola
torta de dulce de leche
After being fed about 4 portions, her mom came out with 4 different desserts: dulce de leche cake, apple tart, ricotta cake and cream cake!
Needless to say, after all of that, we needed to do some dancing to work it off.
Marisa's parents tango-ing
Melina and Joe took the floor...as Ariel was fixated on the game
Melina trying to position Marisa correctly for her tango posture
my turn with the Australian tango dancer
then it was salsa time
then came chacarera
As the sun set, I met up with my friend, Joaquin, to watch the lighting of the Cabildo (Town Hall). This show had been part of the Bicentennial celebrations, but they repeated it for Flag Day. It was a recounting of the past 200 years of Argentina all projected on the town hall. We could see through some of the government propaganda, but it was really well presented.
the Perons
los desaparecidos / the disappeared (during the dictatorship)
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