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As a Greek traveller, I am definitely inspired by Odysseus. Travel is my passion and I consider my life as an open boat in the ocean. Have you seen the beauty of the Aegean Sea, the eternity blue and the sunset insignia? Driving my traveling desire through the 40th country, I decided to explore Buenos Aires. The city of tango, steaks, and football. Oh yeah, football.My alternative enthusiasm. I spend plenty of hours, studying while listening to music. Not the characteristic melody but the sounds of Argentina. Mixing the tango and the Latin rhymes, the purity of music is met in the football chants. A fervent melody fulfilled with love and passion. On my way! One of the primary missions prior to the visit to Argentina was to check around football games that were scheduled for the days of my visit. Buenos Aires is an enormous city so one of the criteria was the convenience of transportation. After doing a lot of research I decided that Huracan “The Globo” meets my standards. A local derby was arranged. Huracan vs San Lorenzo. Finding a ticket in a derby of a foreign country is really challenging. Especially when I realized that Huracan sell tickets only to members. Therefore, decided to use the strength of social media and explicitly Facebook. Founding a casual post and choosing that I will give it a go. I wrote a comment under a post that I am a Huracan fan from Greece and I need help to visit the derby. Suddenly and surprisingly, I received a response in Greek! Are you sure that Odysseus has not stayed Latin America? Gaston is a lecturer of philosophy in the local university and he is zealous about football, singing, and Greek language. He also takes classes in Greek theatre. As you recognise I achieved to find a ticket and enjoy the melodies of an Argentinian football game in Huracan’s stadium. Gaston was not the only Greek speaker of Buenos Aires. Friends and friends were coming, speaking Greek to us, sharing ideas about Greek theatre and new wave. Probably, Odysseus visited Argentina too. Our Greek-Argentinian culture exchange did not finish in Huracan and in the streets of Buenos Aires. Our friend visited also Thessaloniki and the Macedonian Tobs Of Phillips. Guess what? This was a planned trip before I ever ask for a ticket. A friendship and a local connection that started across two joint cultures and passions. Perhaps Maradona and Zeus heart-to-heart occasionally.