New Year's turned out to be a really long night. Phew! Still recovering. This entry will be in point form. My apologies. I promise you graceful flowing prose in the next entry.
It started with a huge open air concert near the Obelisk. 7pm and still 30 degrees. Daniel Barenboim conducting the Buenos Aires Philarmonic with guest appearances by the Leopoldo Fernando Orquesta TÃpica. All types of tangos, from Piazzola to Gardel. Simulcast live on German television. A really good show. People very into it, as usual, singing along with the tangos. Here's some pictures!
Then a big dinner at Alkioni and Jess' house. Jess is from England, Alkioni from Greece. There were some random Danish people there, along with my American friend Cameron. Best of both worlds - a traditional British roast beef dinner with mashed potatoes and veggies, but prepared with delicious tender and tasty Argentinian beef. Mmm. They had a dancing/singing Santa doll/statue. It was good to get a dose of Christmas kitsch.
Fireworks at midnight! Legal/illegal, official/unoffical. The city's offical fireworks show dwarfed by the quantity of fireworks set off by citizens in the streets and on the rooftops of the city. Everyone and their brother out in the streets, eating, drinking, hanging out. We watched the fireworks from a highway meridian with a bottle of champagne. Amazing 360 view of fireworks of all kinds. A random group of drunken Brazilians appears and joins the meridian party. They were all dressed in white - in Brazil ringing in the new year dressed in white represents peace.
At 4am we headed to the Konex theatre complex for a big electronic music dance party. This was the party I was going to go to on Xmas, but couldn't. The Konex is in a converted warehouse/factory space. Different rooms with different electronic musics. Courtyard out front for when the dance floor gets to be too much.
Much fun was had by all. Happy 2007!
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