- did NOT start reading a book in spanish (but I did carry it around with me for a whole day once with the intention of starting it... counts for something, right?)
- ALMOST tried a new place for lunch every day, I repeated the same place once
- SORTA started to run regularly... I went twice, but on a different day I went rock climbing
- did NOT find a pair of boots, but man did I look
- DID go to 1 museum (but not 2)
- did NOT make a side trip, too expensive
- DID check out Chinatown, and ate a delicious Chinese meal
- DID make one new friend who is Argentine (thanks to another girl in the group) but nonetheless, he only speaks spanish, so its one way to practice
Other things I did:
- Friday (night): went to a new club called Crobar to send-off the one-month travelers.
- Saturday: found a legit Yankee-style breakfast place, named Randalls. It was so nice to have something besides toast for breakfast. Then I explored the Plaza Serrano feria (outdoor market) near my house. Purchased a feather earring (a single long earring paired with a random stud on the other side is the cool thing to do here).
- Sunday: went to the stadium to try and snag some Copa America final match tickets (FAIL), but we managed to make it past two security checks without one and experienced some crazy fútbol fan action, and I snagged a picture of Forlán (Uruguay's star player) from the team's bus. We then watched the game in a bar, where none of the Argentine's gave two shits about the outcome (still sad they got eliminated).
- Monday: Chinatown! It was literally only four blocks, but the grocery shops were pretty cool and had interesting foods. I got some lychee juice to drink, and then we ate at a Chinese restaurant, which was sadly my favorite meal out since I've gotten here. Then we went to El Museo Laretta, which was an old house turned museum. Nothing too spectacular, but it was interesting to see traditional garb and admire the artwork and architecture of the house. Also noteworthy of this day, was that I tried a Milka McFlurry... don't judge, it was awesome. Milka is a popular chocolate brand here, and it involves dulce de leche. Enough said.
- Tuesday: Original plans fell through as a result of all the rain on Monday night (yes, it was that bad), so I ended up mindlessly wandering around with some other people while they shopped and I watched. Fun times. But as my motto goes: "Its better than sitting around at home," so wandering around wasn't all that bad I guess. I also think that this was the night we went to some reggae bar, got bored, so our Argentine friend (Pablo) got us into a neat club named Kika for free (because he had a friend of a friend working). We then got free drinks, and my friend and I managed to get ourselves into VIP (honestly, it was more like she got us both into VIP, but whatevs). An all-around successful night out.
- Wednesday: This was the day I went rock climbing. We were also going to go to a museum (MALBA to be specific) because it's free for students on Wednesdays, but it ended up getting too late, so that is for next Weds I suppose.
- Thursday: Set out with the intent of going to the zoo, but since there was an army of 5,000 children taking the place over, we opted for something else. Grabbed lunch at Pablo's restaurant of work and then went to the Recoleta Cemetery, where I got a little carried away with the picture taking. The cemetery is beautiful with mazes of raised tombs and monuments for blocks. It was practically its own city. We saw Evita's tomb as well, which was adorned with dozens of flower arrangements and surrounded by people waiting to take a picture with it. The love that Argentina has for Evita is very inspiring and admirable, I look forward to learning more about her impact on the country and it's people. After the cemetery, we walked around the Recoleta feria and then went to La Flor, which is this huge metal statue of a flower that has been constructed to open and close with the rising and setting of the sun... pretty neat! Then that night was the free Buenos Aires Pub Crawl (for which I have a perfect record of attendance, thank you very much). It was a fun night to say the least.
- Friday: We finally made it to Tecnopolis (a technology fair, that is way cooler than it sounds). We had been trying to go since Tuesday, but rain and schedule conflicts kept messing with our plans. So we were super excited to finally go... BUT we get there and there are literally (at least I think literally) thousands of people there with hour+ long waits to see some of the exhibits. So we saw a couple, but then made the smart decision of returning next week when not everyone is on vacation. So more to come on the awesome that is Tecnopolis.
- Saturday: Pretty uneventful. But I did go have lunch with some of my friends who had just gotten back from the Salta trip. It was nice to see everyone again, and my darling friend, Kaylen, even brought me back a souvenir :) Lunch was followed by some meandering, and then when I got home I finally tried traditional yerba mate. It is definitely an acquired taste. I thought it would be no big deal since I drink mate in tea bags back home all the time... well its way different. I still like it in a weird way, I just have to take very little sips haha. As a result from the mate, I was super hyper the rest of the day with nothing to do but download movies from the internet...
- Today: Dragged some friends on a pointless adventure to go see a park... we (I) never found it. We ended up walking all the way to our school's campus and eating at a café. On the bright side, I now know where the actual park is, and I definitely plan on checking out sometime soon.
Tonight at midnight I register for classes, and tomorrow I start going to said classes. More to come on this later, I've blabbed enough for one post.
Chau!
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