This week has definitely tested my patience with the public transportation systems here. After the whole getting lost thing, I wasn't really in the mood to deal with more transportation problems. Yesterday, my friends and I went to El Tigre, which is beautiful town on a river. I just wish I had been able to spend more time there than it took to actually get there. We had to wait an hour for the bus, spent an hour on the bus, and when we finally got there we were so hungry we just stopped at the first restaurant we saw and it ended up taking another hour to actually get our food. Getting home was a whole other story. While it was an extremely long day and I was running on little sleep, the weather was fantastic and it was nice to get out of the city.
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| El Tigre |
Well it is also that time of year again. The summer tan starts to fade and the homework starts to pile up. Finally having a class schedule has been nice, but I don't know how I feel about all of this spanish reading. I have a Starbucks right down the street which is ideal for doing homework while listening to John Mayer (in preparation for his concert in September!) and having a reliable internet connection! The weather here is getting warmer and I'm loving it! Since Alex and I both don't have class on Thursday, we met up for some lunch in the park and an attempt at doing our reading for our film class at a cafe. That night I went on my first pub crawl which wasn't quite what I had envisioned. We spent the first hour in a park, and it was freezing! And then continued to two other bars for an hour each (too long) and ended at a boliche with a claustrophobic dance floor and creepy old men. Not my scene, but luckily my friends felt the same way and we ended the night across the street getting steak wraps and fries! Friday night before going to The Oldest with one of my friends, my host mom and I watched the Nadal-Federer match together. There was some tension considering I was rooting for Nadal and she wanted Federer, but she is over the loss!
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| Friday Night at The Oldest with frozen margaritas and mojitos |
Saturday was an interesting day, but ended well! My friends and I had some difficulty figuring out a plan and implementing it. We went to Chinatown, which really should be renamed China-block. I'm just glad we didn't go earlier because there was not a lot to see. After, we went to an early dinner at a parilla where I enjoyed some wine, a pumpkin and lamb casserole (SO good!), a variety of desserts and cafe con leche. After a long, relaxing dinner, some of my friends and I took advantage of happy hour at a nearby Irish Pub. I then met up with Alex and her friends that were visiting from BC and we hung out at her friends apartment and then we went to a club to dance the rest of the night away.
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| Chinatown |
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| Yummy casserole! |
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| Alex didn't make the cut! |
After getting home late from El Tigre last night, eating dinner, and going straight to bed, I was able to spend a solid 12 hours catching up on sleep. Today is a Catholic holiday so no class or chance of getting lost on my way back from that class, but now I should probably finish my reading due tomorrow. It is just too easy procrastinate when you see all your friends on facebook. I can't believe everyone is getting ready to go back to school! It will definitely be hard to see all of the pictures, but I just have to remember that I am in BUENOS AIRES and still have 3 more semester to spend at DePauw, I think I can spare one :)
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