This is the first in a multi-part series in which I try to document the awesomeness that was our trip to Buenos Aires.

As I mentioned previously, we rented this house for the duration of our 9-day/8-night stay. We had obviously rented the place site unseen, and were a little concerned that the http://www.apartmentsba.com/system/galeria.php?mover=0&id_prod=519" onclick="javascript:urchinTracker('/outbound/www.apartmentsba.com');">pictures made it seem nicer than it actually was. Our worries were unnecessary… aside from making the place seem a little larger than it actually was, these professionally shot pictures (read: better than anything I could have done myself) do a pretty damn good job of portraying how great a house it was.

We were located right in the heart of Palermo Soho, a neighborhood named for its similarity to New York’s Soho. We were literally steps away from great boutique shops (more on this in a later post), a cool outdoor square called Plaza Serrano that featured outdoor cafes and an artist’s market, and La Cabrera, arguably Buenos Aires’ best steakhouse.

Although we took advantage of the fantastic Argentian cuisine, we also made use of our full kitchen and cooked up some homemade meals filled with fresh veggies.

Perhaps the most loved feature of the house was the surround sound stereo system with iPod hookup in the living room. Loud enough to be heard throughout the house, from the main floor garden to the roof terrace, that stereo was singlehandedly the reason a large portion of our trip was spent not out and about in BsAs, but at home drinking Malbec and listening to music. Anytime we were home, the music was on, and as the booze flowed preparties turned into all out dance parties. On our last night, we drank so much that we never even made it out, opting instead to just dance in our living room while Rishi created stop motion videos like this one.

We were six guys frequently dancing around our living room to mostly American music. AND IT WAS TOTALLY AWESOME.