Tango in Argentina

I called my friend, Greg, about this goal, because I remembered that he’d gone to Buenos Aires for a month a few years ago. He was emphatic that I should go and that I would love it. He even said he’d put me in touch with a couple of people he knows who live there and that they would be happy to give me some tips on places to go and things to do and might even have me over for dinner.

I became very excited and immediately looked up the price of flights so I could have a sense of what I would have to save up…

I was shocked to find that the cheapest flight listed under flexible dates from now through next March was $940, round trip. I had no idea the tickets would be that expensive. Flights to Europe can be gotten for $530… I guess Argentina is a lot further away than I realized.

So, this really sent me into a depression. In particular because my mother asked me what I was looking up and when I told her “flights to argentina” she laughed. And then she reminded me that this has been a record low earning year for me and that I wasted a huge amount of money going camping with Rob and that I haven’t paid any taxes yet on what little money I have earned… It was a really depressing conversation.

I guess this goal is going to have to be more long-term than I had hoped.

I don’t have the money, but I’m going to start researching and planning and saving. I love dancing and I especially love tango and I want to take a lesson or two in Argentina. I think it would be a spectacular thing if I could give myself the gift of a trip there for my 35th birthday…. It’s a big birthday, and I think I deserve a big present.