Buenos Aires -- Ciudad Internacional

I have some much more serious stuff to write about tonight, but before I get to that, I thought I'd mention a great situation tonight at the gym. I was in spinning class with about 16 or 17 people in it. And it couldn't have been a more international crowd if it was in London or New York or Hong Kong. There were two people from the US, a Norwegian, two people from Venezuela, one from Mexico City, one from Switzerland, and a Guatemalan.

The teacher made a point of asking everyone where they were from, and it became more and more amusing as each person mentioned another country. Most of the latecomers were Argentines, too, so for a while the class was 2/3 foreign. It was funny and sweet, but it was also great -- a real sign that Buenos Aires is a world city, not just an Argentine city. Like New York, London, Paris, Rome, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, and a handful of others. Good company.