First debate of the presidential general election season! We went out to an event hosted by Democrats Abroad to see Barack Obama's performance in a friendly atmosphere. The venue, a restaurant/bar called El Sacramento, was absolutely packed! One big screen showed the debate in English and one in Castellano, the form of Spanish spoken here. There were probably a few hundred people there and I gave a rambling interview to some poor guy who wanted me to speak in Castellano about what Obama will do for Latin America for his online blog. Ha ha!
In any case, the event was much better than the one we attended back in May when we were here. We just preferred the new venue and, of course, this debate had generated a lot of interest so people were really excited.
Who do you think "won" the debate?
After the debate we went to a great late night party in Palermo thrown by our friends Linnea and Colleen. They had a lot of really fun people over to their apartment. Unfortunately, Colleen is leaving for Chile to work for a while so we'll only get to know her for a short time. Linnea should be around a bit longer and we're going to another party tonight, this time in San Telmo. We'll write more about the San Telmo area of Buenos Aires later.
Ciao!
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