Visitors head south to eat, drink and be buenoby Todd A. Vines - THE GARDEN ISLAND
Posted: Saturday, Jun 24, 2006 - 11:18:37 pm HST
I was running late. The bus was threatening to leave me behind, but it was doubtful I could make it through my first full day of exploring Buenos Aires without an early jolt from a cup of joe.
“Un café, por favor?” I asked the young porteño (the name given to residents of Argentina’s capital city) behind the counter at the Florida Street café. “And I need it to-go, please.”
She offered a look of genuine confusion. I knew my Spanish was weak, so I asked again. The woman still seemed perplexed.
I then realized that it wasn’t my Spanish she couldn’t understand, but my request. The café simply wasn’t prepared to serve drinks on the fly.
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