When Bryan and I walked into the door at Miriam’s from shopping with Beth and Jen and buying some Alfahores for our friends and family at home, Miriam immediately exclaimed that we were no longer going to the Teatro Colon tonight. Apparently, the workers strike that we saw when we took a tour of the theatre caused a cancelation of the ballet. We are all disappointed that we will not be able to see the ballet and the magnificant theatre in action.
As disappointing as missing the show due to the strike is, I cannot help but think of the children whose surgeries are being postponed for a year because of the strike at the hospital Garrahan. I think we are learning an important lesson tonight about some of the consequences of an instable/recovering economy.
Today I woke up late and then Bryan, Beth, Jen and I went to lunch and did some shopping. We finally had a chance to go to the Tango shoe shop that is supposedly the Mecca for shoe aficianados worldwide. I went to accompany Jen and ended up falling in love with the shoes. I am not the type to wear high heels, but I am telling you, these shoes are so comfortable despite the fact they have a high heel.
It was so strange to find the store. Luckily, Jen had the address because it was back in this little courtyard on the second story. We walked up the stairs to the second floor (kind of like an entrance to a second story apartment in Boise) and saw the name of the place on the door. There was nothing to even indicate that it was a shoe store. There were no windows, nothing. We rang the bell and a lady let us in. We sat down on a sofa and she asked what size we wore. After taking our sizes, she brought out two huge stacks of tango shoes, one for Jen and one for me. Once I tried on the first pair, I was hooked. They were so cute and so comfortable. After trying on quite a few pair, I decided on three pairs that I could not resist. At that point, I learned that they did not accept credit cards, so I had to walk two blocks to get cash to pay for the shoes. Obviously this place does well because they make it nearly impossible to buy shoes from them, but still have enough business to have a new line of shoes every week. Carrie Bradshaw would have been proud.
With the ballet canceled, we are having a dinner at Miriam’s tonight. We were supposed to have one, anyway, after the ballet, but I suppose it will start earlier now.
I cannot belive that this will be my last night sleeping in Argentina. My biggest remaining challenge will be to fit all of the stuff I have bought into my bags. I have certainly done my part to help the recovery of the Argentine enonomy. Hopefully, the millions of underpaid workers in the city will be able to benefit from myself and other tourists like me.
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