¡Hola! After an eventful trip down to Argentina, the first week has been pretty boring. However, the city is huge and full of life. I've had many fun adventures so far, and have enjoyed navigating this crazy city with my "Guia T" map book with all the bus and subway (Súbte) lines.
We have had meetings/orientations everyday so far. They get out around four (1600) so I've had time after to explore. One day we went on a walking tour and ended up with a group of about 10 people in the middle of some random neighborhood. The tour guide pretty much said peace out and we were left alone. So a group of 7 of us went into the corner cafe/bar and enjoyed an afternoon café con leche or bottle of wine (sharing of course).
The other afternoons, I have wandered the city with friends. Yesterday, Kate and I went to the mall...it was HUGE. They had so many (brand name) stores and everything was SO cheap. I couldn't believe it. I had to indulge.
I found a great gym last night and bought a 6 month pass. I now have no excuse, there's gyms close to my house, to FLACSO (one school I'm going to) UBA, and UCA (all schools). Good times.
I'm living with a single woman, Mara, and her dog, Frida. She's 36 years old and is a literature teacher and a personal trainer. The first night, she told me that she doesn't eat breakfast or dinner. GREAT. So one night, she "cooked" for me... and it was awfu.. Because she doesn't eat, she doesn't know how to cook. Then, she watched me eat. She didn't eat, she just cringed with every bite I took. Annoying. Also, she doesn't ever go out, she just sits at home in her freezing cold house and reads and smokes. It's really not as bad as I'm making it out to be, but it's not what I was expecting, at all. I've already talked with the lady that organizes housing, and I might change. We'll see. I do live in a pretty cool house. My room is detached, and I have a really pretty terrace and view off of my room. The downside to it all is that when I have to go to the bathroom (and If you know me, you know that's a lot) I have to go OUTSIDE to get there. Let me remind you that it's FREEZING here, it's the middle of winter. So coming back from the shower...yeah, outside. Peeing in the middle of the night, outside. We'll just see how it goes.
We're getting orientations for our classes this week, and there are so many to choose from! It's almost overwhelming. I just have to make sure that I am going to get credit for the classes that I end up taking here.
Pictures to come... the security on the wireless here won't let me post them!
2 comments:
I hope the moving thing works out for you. I don't know about the Sarah/ peeing/ bathroom in a separate house/ going out in the cold thing. It sounds like you will be spending a lot of time in the cold to go pee, which doesn't really sound like Sarah's idea of fun ;) Talk to you soon. Keep the updates coming and I'll try to not be such a slacker and do the same. Miss you.
Wow. That sounds like a terrible housing situation! I would peruse other options if I were you... :) I could not imagine some woman cringing every time I eat (which you know is quite often...). Sounds like the city is AWESOME though! I'm so jealous about the shopping. Maybe I'll have to come visit.. :) We really need to be on Skype at the same time one of these days so we can catch up. Hope you are having an amazing time and meeting some awesome people! MWAH!
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