We have spent the last few weeks enjoying our laid back life in Buenos Aires - a few hours of Spanish school, sipping on cafe con leche as we wolf down medialunas (the Argentinian equivolent of a croissant), a spot of shopping - who could complain!

We also met up with Emily and Georgia (Nat's old flatemates), again, who were in town for a few days. We had a delicious parrilla dinner together (Argentinian BBQ) in true porteño style, sitting down to eat at 11.30pm.

The nocturnal lifestyle here does take some getting use to. The other night we went to the opening of a bar with some friends from Spanish school and were surprised to see the Argentines sitting around chatting and sipping their beers in a most civilised fashion at 5am as if they were spending a leisurely Sunday afternoon at the pub! (in contrast, we were rolling out of the place heading home for a day of hungover misery)

Other news from Buenos Aires:

• Last night Boca Juniors lost their chance to make history as the champions in three consecutive seasons as they were narrowly defeated by Estudiantes who had not held the champion's title for more than 22 years.
  
• Argentine purse-snatchers have proved themselves a cut above the rest, successfully managing to steal W Bush´s daughter´s handbag from right under the nose of the US secret service, whilst her and her twin were filling their bellies in the San Telmo neighbourhood. Classic!