Seamus called me one day to say that Jason had invited us to an Irish party. He was a bit vague on the details but I said I’d go. Although I had a question.... “Do we need good clothes?” because at the moment the only clothes that I have are tshirts, shorts and jeans.
I was assured jeans and converse would be fine so that night we headed to the party. When we were walking past the hotel (because we couldn’t find it) a guy asked in spanish if we were looking for the Irish party. We obviously look Irish!
The party was on the 6th floor of an Irish hotel. When we walked out of the lift we could see into the party and everyone was in dressed smartly and drinking champagne. The men were in suits and the girls were in dresses. But it was too late, we’d come too far so we had no choice but to go in. Once we entered a guy says hello to us. Seamus say a few words in Spanish but the guy interrupted and said you can speak English if you want cause we’re all Irish here. So we spoke in English, lots of questions about who we are, where we are from and what we were doing in Buenos Aires. Then there was a little silence so Seamus asked him - What do you do? I think this is a very typical question asked by Irish people when they meet someone for the first time. In China they asked how much money do you earn but that’s another story.
Anyhow the guy seemed to think this was a strange question, well based on his facial expression and his reaction. Anyhow he said that there are a lot of people in Argentina with Irish heritage and that there are many people living in Buenos Aires from Ireland. Later we found out that the guy we were talking to was the Irish ambassador in Argentina. I think he assumed that we knew he was the ambassador and thought we were asking what does the ambassador do!In the end we had a good night, we talked lots about Ireland and traveling and so on. There was free champagne, wine and food as well so that helped.
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I was assured jeans and converse would be fine so that night we headed to the party. When we were walking past the hotel (because we couldn’t find it) a guy asked in spanish if we were looking for the Irish party. We obviously look Irish!
The party was on the 6th floor of an Irish hotel. When we walked out of the lift we could see into the party and everyone was in dressed smartly and drinking champagne. The men were in suits and the girls were in dresses. But it was too late, we’d come too far so we had no choice but to go in. Once we entered a guy says hello to us. Seamus say a few words in Spanish but the guy interrupted and said you can speak English if you want cause we’re all Irish here. So we spoke in English, lots of questions about who we are, where we are from and what we were doing in Buenos Aires. Then there was a little silence so Seamus asked him - What do you do? I think this is a very typical question asked by Irish people when they meet someone for the first time. In China they asked how much money do you earn but that’s another story.
Anyhow the guy seemed to think this was a strange question, well based on his facial expression and his reaction. Anyhow he said that there are a lot of people in Argentina with Irish heritage and that there are many people living in Buenos Aires from Ireland. Later we found out that the guy we were talking to was the Irish ambassador in Argentina. I think he assumed that we knew he was the ambassador and thought we were asking what does the ambassador do!In the end we had a good night, we talked lots about Ireland and traveling and so on. There was free champagne, wine and food as well so that helped.
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only the Irish, Dave!
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