End of Week 1

This past week was absolutely amazing; I dont know if I can even describe it. There was only one bad thing about my week, and that was getting my camera stolen on the subway. I felt like I was being so careful with my purse, but it didnt seem to matter. There was a big crowd of people getting on the subway, and someone somehow knocked my arm out of the way of my purse and unzipped it and stole my camera. It was a bummer! So it will be kind of difficult to upload pictures. I have taken some on my iphone, but I have to be careful where I bring it. This weekend was a lot of fun. I have met some really nice Argentinans that are helping me with my Spanish which is really good. I went to a local salsa club on Saturday with one of them which was really cool. On Friday I went to a gay bar for a going away party for one of the guys (who is gay) in our program. It was really fun, I talked to one guy in Spanish about musicals for a good twenty minutes. Also, to anyone who decides to travel to a foreign country and goes to a guy club, be very aware when people in the club are asking you questions. I accidently told some girls at the club I liked women. It was embarrassing and I had a lesbian following me around the bar the rest of the night. On Saturday my program took our group to a city called El Tigre. Tigre is a little town on a river, it was pretty but cold. We took a boat tour and then went to a parilla (a steak house). At the parilla they serve huge portions of red meat on a small grille that they bring to a table. I was kind of grossed out by it. After Tigre we stopped at a restaurant that was on the ocean for te (tea). It was really cool there were a bunch of locals hanging out in the grass outside the restaurant. Sunday we went to a bunch of different markets where they sell clothes and food around Buenos Aires which