¿Alguna moneda?

Ok so I´ve been told to blog more. Here is another one.
We are still in Buenos Aires but leaving for Uruguay tonight.
Here is a general summary of all things Buenos and specifically, San Telmo, the area we´re in (in no particular order):
tango
bandoneon
party
Cobble streets
mate
dogs
dog poo
ice cream shops (seriously, they love their ice cream here)
roads with holes in them
footpaths with holes in them
lovely old buildings
hot but very nice weather
Spanish
children asking for monedas
children asking to sell cards for monedas
laundry service for 6 pesos
subte
cheap souvenirs, many being mate cups which i don´t think i can bring back in to the country so i didn`t buy one
Also, strange thing here is that there is a massive lack of change. The must be someone witholding it all. Everytime you go to the shop, especially if it´s just a deli, they always ask you for spare change. Don´t even think about taking a 100 peso note to buy something for 2.50...you won´t be able to use it.
Yesterday we went to La Boca. One of the poorer areas where the fútbol team, la boca juniors come from. Apparently it`s unsafe during the day even to walk around in the area away from the touristy parts. The touristy part being the caminito. A very colourful area in La Boca but it is touristy to the EXTREME. Full of tacky souvenir shops, tango dancers asking if you want a picture with them (you have to pay), expensive restaurants with people coaxing you in. We got hardcore ripped off! We had an argument with the waitor, I got heaps angry but with bad spanish haha, he wanted to charge us $6AUS for fanta!! Anyway I was pissed off.
Also we went to a tango show the other day called brazos y abrazos then took a tango lesson last night!! I made Josh come but he was almost didn`t...You`d think it would be easy to remember about 6 steps you`re doing over and over again, but I think I`m not a very good dancer...no more career as a professional tango dancer... sigh...but i wrote the steps down. Maybe I`ll practice.
Also mentionable, succesfullyish had a large part of a conversation in Spanish! It works ok when there are 2 Spanish speakers and then I can say things very slowly once in a while!
So tonight Uruguay, this was an unplanned trip but the boat only takes an hour. Then we have to come back to Buenos to take a bus to Iguazu! We still don´t know where we´ll be for christmas. Also Argentina is not so cheap and we hear that Brasil is even more expensive. It`s so annoying! I`m spending heaps more money than I should be!!
Anyway, I miss my violin and should have brought it with me.
much love!! xx