The Last Few Weeks

October 22-28
The week was pretty standard. Ive realized that I have so accustomed to my schedule that it has become a routine. Good and bad I think. But it definitely means that I have fully adjusted to living here.

Friday we attempted to go to a polo match. We bought tickets, got all dressed up, rented a car, drove an hour outside the city to the country club, to get there and find out that the game was postponed due to wet field conditions. Once we got back to the city Alex, Elise and I went and sat at an outdoor restaurant and had a drink to relieve the frustration. I went back to my room to take a nap around 6pm. I woke up when Elise called me at 10pm. I had slept through dinner and was very confused. After figuring everything out, I went and got a quick bite to eat and left to meet up with Elise and her friend Erika at a Halloween party hosted by two Chilean guys they were friends with. After I finally got there, since the apartment was in a far away neighborhood, I had a great time. I was not wearing a costume, and everyone else was, so I stole some accessories and just wore giant sunglasses inside and made it work. I was really impressed by how serious the Chileans and Argentines at the party took the costumes...they were dressed up very nicely.

That weekend was quiet since Elise, Kate and Alex went to Uruguay and Nell and Jane went to Iguazu Falls. I relaxed and got some homework done Saturday afternoon, and then went out to dinner with Deepa. It was nice to catch up with her. After dinner I called it an early night since I was really tired.

Sunday was election day, so I woke up early and wandered around for a while to get a sense of what was going on. I was disappointed when i could not find a political rally or protest, but found out that they happen much later that night usually. It was an exciting day to walk around, there was a buzz on the street from election day. That night I went out to dinner with Elise, Alex and Kate to hear about their weekend in Uruguay. We went to the Hard Rock Cafe, and the food was amazing. Went back home and got ready for the coming week.

Week of Oct 29-Oct 4
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday were mainly occupied by school and gearing up for Halloween. I had some ideas for costumes, but they really didn't pan out. I ended up going to a costume store and finding a very funny hat that I would use as a costume. I had a hat of a chicken on my head, then taped the word "pollo" meaning chicken on my chest. I walked around the entire night of Halloween just clucking at people on the street, our waitress, and our friends at the bar. We went to a party hosted by a girl on our program who's birthday was Halloween. She rented out a small bar, and played all our American music. The crowd was mostly people from our program, and a few Argentines that were invited. The dancing was great, and it felt like it could have taken place in America. I had a great night, and didn't get home till 6.15am as the sun was coming up.

The next two days were quiet, partly to recover from Halloween. That weekend we out to dinner at Rubia and Negra, a sushi/micro-brewery. We had a nice meal, then walked over to Bar Gran Danzon for a few drinks. We met some interesting people, and had a nice sociably night.

Nov 5-Nov 11
Wednesday night I met up with Nell for drinks before dinner. We had to catch up, it had been a few days since we had talked. I stayed in that night, since I knew I had a lot of work do to the next day.

Thursday was spent writing a paper and figuring out scheduling for next semester at GW. Since I am considering a 5 year program as well as taking another semester off, scheduling was tricky so I could have all options open come the fall.

Friday morning started off really stressful with class registration, but by the end of the day worked itself out. I went to class later, and met up with Elise for lunch at a Mexican restaurant. After lunch we had a impulse to go see a movie. We saw "Mujer de mi pesadillas" (women of my nightmares) which in America is called Heartbreak Kid with Ben Stiller. It was really funny and a perfect Friday afternoon comedy. That night after dinner I went over to Santiago's apartment for a birthday party of his. I met all of his friends and had a nice time. After a little while I met up with Nell and a few friends from GW at a bar. A few hours later we were off to a house party of a friend of a friend. It ended up being a great party, in an apartment that had cleared out all furniture and had a legitimate DJ. After a fun night at the party, I got home around 4.30am. It was a really long day, from 9am registration to 4.30am partying, but well worth it.

Saturday night I went out to dinner with Elise at La Brigada, an amazing steak restaurant that has such great Argentine authenticity. When they serve you the steak, they cut the portions with a spoon, just to show how tender the steak is. After dinner we went and hung out at the residencia (dorm) with our friends. No one was really going out, but just hanging out on a couch talking was really fun.

Sunday I met up with Kate and her parents to go to a Boca Juniors game. The game was great, and Boca won 4-0. After the game I went to Palermo to meet up with my friends Julia who had just gotten into Buenos Aires that night, and we went out for dinner. I finally got back to my room and fell right asleep since I was exhausted after a busy weekend.

Nov 12-Today
Monday night we all went out to dinner with Kate's parents. We went to a very local small parilla for great steak in the old neighborhood of San Telmo. After a full meal and a few bottle of wine, it was a great success. I got back around 1.30am from dinner, and had to wake up early the next morning for class!

Tuesday after classes I went with Elise to find a cafe we wanted to try for lunch. I called Julia, since she was living at a hostel close, and she came for the search. We finally found the cafe, and I had a Cesar salad, that I had been craving for so long. After lunch, I walked back with Julia and explored the neighborhood. I then finished my Spanish paper that I had been putting for a significant amount of time.

Wednesday after class I caught up reading all of the news that I had missed in America from the last week. I was planning on going out, but then realized I was way to tired anyway.

Thursday I woke up early since I knew that I had to get a lot accomplished. I met up with Elise an we walked over to the airline companies office to book our flights for our traveling plans in a few weeks. After some confusion, we realized that we had to go to immigrations to pick up our temporary residency visas, since the paper receipt that we had would not work with the Airline to get the reduced fair for Argentines. Elise and I walked over the immigrations, and waited for an hour until we finally got our temporary residencies. These papers were very helpful, since we get reduced airfare, and a bunch of other benefits while traveling. After immigrations, we returned to the airline to finish up there. After lunch, we had a spontaneous feeling to see a movie, so we went and saw Knocked Up, which was translated as "Illegitimately Impregnated" It was funny, and I really enjoyed it. After the movie, I went back home to relax a little before Elise and I met up again to go to the grocery store. We were picking up ingredients for dinner, since we were cooking dinner for the group and Kate's parents apartment that we had to ourselves for one night. Elise and I made a feast: French Onion soup to start, then Sauteed Chicken, Spinach Linguine and Roasted Sweet Potatoes and Onions. For dessert we had Elise's homemade cookies with some ice cream. I was so full I couldn't move.

Friday I slept in and met up with Julia for lunch. Then I came back here to update this blog.


Ill try to be a little better at keeping this up to date.

I only have two more weeks of classes before I travel! I can't wait!

I am alive....dont worry!

Procrastinating writing a paper due tomorrow. As soon as I finish that I PROMISE that I will update the site.

Sorry for being so lazy and not updating.

Coming soon.....