The hairstyles here are one thing, but the tango shoes (and outfits) are quite another.  Apparently, your average pair of Tango heels costs around 250 pesos here (more than we will be earning a week when we qualify)...but by all accounts what you wear on your feet speaks volumes about you, your dancing calibre and can seriously influence the number of guys who ask you to dance in an evening.  We've been informed that the Argentine men check out your feet first before anything else... I could almost sense them shuddering when they looked over.  I was quite happy not to be called upon though. Before I can hope to display any Strictly Come Dancing moves we're going to need a good deal of lessons- fortunately they are free in the parks here at the weekend.  Not to mention a pair of shoes to die for...there seems to be a vogue for metallic green and scarlet this autumn.
 We arrived at 1 a.m. to see the band who were scheduled to start at 12.30...they eventually began playing at 2.00 a.m., and by the time we left at 3.45 a.m. the place was jumping, with the hundreds of couples on the dancefloor just warming up.
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