Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tonight I caught a bus south to Almagro and to a club called La Catedral. I met a couple of friends there for a group Tango lesson which started at 10.30pm…Apparently every night in Buenos Aires there are around 20 milongas that people can go to and dance across the city. This venue is a old church and feels very bohemian. I hadn’t realised that the lesson was in Spanish but manage to follow hand gestures. We learnt how to follow the rhythm, how to hold yourself (lean in, balance and allow the man to push you round the dance floor) and a few basic steps. Anastasia was telling me how if you miss a step or collide with someone, the woman never apologises, as the man leads, it is his fault. Always. It was basic good fun with smiles all round. I am definitely not a natural but would give it ago again in a friendly environment. We had a couple of beers to quench the thirst we’d worked up before heading home around 2am….on a school night!