Vida diaria

Che, hace un montón de tiempo que hablo con ustdes. Perdóname. Trataré de escribir más pero es dificil porque estoy ocupada cada día.

Pero voy a contarles sobre mis aventuras sin viajes! Mi vida en BUENOS AIRES! Finalmente....

Sorry my english speaking friends! I will just speak spanglish! My brain likes for me to write in Spanish. I have been trying to just stick to Spanish and I think my English is beginning to plummet. Anyways, I have been hanging around Buenos Aires more so I can actually see my beautiful city and the richness it has to offer. Lately I have been busy with un full de tarea y otras cosas pero tal vez estoy disfrutando todo! But let's talk about the weekend! Friday I went out for my friend Annie's birthday! We went to a musical here! Por el amor del Sandro (side note: Sandro was a super popular singer here en El Capital pero se murió dos años pasados) It was so funny and there was a lot of dancing! My favorite! Then we met up with other friends and enjoyed some.....Indian food! We found an Indian Restaurant in a Spanish speaking country. Finally spicy food! It was so good but unfortunately my stomach forgot what spicy food was like and was angry at me... but it was as always enjoyable!

Saturday, I went to the Lujan Zoo with some friends from the program. To be honest with you all, I went to this zoo completely blind, not knowing what it was about only knowing that you could touch the animals. Que raro. So I went and at first having the idea of "Que barbaro" and "Que suerte que haya tocado los animales" but the other half, I began to feel sentiment of the animals being drugged and caged. I mean it was an experience but I don't think I would give my money to do it again. But we saw the Catedral de Lujan and that was just gorgeous. It was a long trip home, 2 hours to be exact, but then Michelle, Katia and I were invited to my friend Juani's house to hang out with some friends. It was so much fun to just hang out with Argentines and not be in a sketchy bar or club. Those are the moments that matter the most. We ended up all hanging out until 7 am! Que loco! And the next day I had to get up for a project.....

Sunday, I had to get up for the Feria de Matederos. My partner and I had to look at the museum and feria and take pictures, observe, question what we thought was new, interesting and different. However, during this search, I found something with more value then a good grade. A new friend.
Her name is Gabriela and she is a folklorico dancer. This old man came up to me and said, you should talk to her. She can teach you the dances. So we talked and then she took me around and told me anything I did not understand, she would explain (she only speaks spanish). It was so great to just meet a complete stranger and feel so welcomed. We exchanged facebooks and numbers and decided to keep in touch..... and we did!

*Updates en mis clases: I am doing well at the moment. Got an 87% on my first test here. I have been working hard to study, but making efforts to see people and enjoy the company of my host family. I have been trying to hang out with my Argentine friends more because I prefer to speak Spanish. They are all so cool. But I do always enjoy the Flacso bunch, they are dear to my heart. I have the best of both worlds. Many great conversations were had this week and I feel extremely blessed to be here.

Friday, Gabriela invited me to her neighborhood (she lives a little outside the city) to dance Folklorico and to meet her friends. I graciously accepted and we took Colectivo 32 hasta Loma de Zoroma. It was a poorer neighborhood, many factory workers live there. Humble living but they all get by and always help each other. It was an interesting transition. The folklorico class was a neighborhood organization that this woman started 20 years ago (gratis) where the kids could have a place to dance and enjoy the time together. They all accepted me as family and told me I was always welcome. After I watched all the children dance, (they were all SO amazing) they asked me to dance for them. So I improved and they kept asking for more! It was incredible! My new friend, Enrique, taught me the three main Folklorico dances: El Gato, Chacarrera, y Samba. It was so much fun. After un full de baile, we ate pizza and had deep profound conversations in SPANISH. Accomplished! It was one my favorite nights in Buenos Aires.

Saturday, I woke up with an urge to eat tacos. I don't know why, but just had this urge. So I got a group together and we found and ate some delicious tacos en Palermo! It was glorious! After Cheri kindly invited me to la Feria de Libros para recorrer un poco y despues mirar un espectaculo de danza contemporania de su amigo! It was a great time. So relaxed but very cold! The weather has dropped a bunch and it has been very chilly lately. Unfortunately I forgot some warmer clothes at home so we all know where this is going to lead......

Sunday, Cheri and I finally found ONDA VAGA, a band Cheri heard about from her friend from Maine who was born in Argentina. It was a fun concert and free!!! But I had a birthday party to go to later, did not pay attention to my time, got stuck in SO MUCH TRAFFIC and they had to leave with out me. I was really upset at first because I really wanted to go but I understand why they couldn't wait. I also should have been watching my time a lot better. Oh well that is life.

Today I am a bit sick with a sore throat and cold. Por eso, estoy descansando en mi cama y quizas hago tarea...... quizas.....


Bueno Chicos, nos hablamos luego!

Disfruta la vida!

Besitos!