10 days of make up

Its been ten days since my last post so I figured I better get to writing so I can fill you all in on my latest adventures here in the city :)

Many of the people in my program left this past Saturday, as they were only here for the first month long class. My friend Bree who has appeared in many of the pictures headed back to California to the heat and sun, but we had a great last week while she was here. We went out Friday night with lots of people from the program who planned to head back to the states and had a great, long, typical night in Buenos Aires that ended around 6:00 am. I am lucky to have this whole week to catch up.

I finished my first intensive Spanish class with an A yayy. I have had this last week off of school to spend some time exploring the city and catch up on my rest since my first month here was constantly go go go. I have to admit I haven't spent much time exploring, I have basically been catching up on my sleep and staying mostly in my little neighborhood. Its been so nice to have a little time to really relax.

I went for a run yesterday through the parks and had a perfect afternoon sitting by the lake in the warm sunshine- it hit 67 degrees here which feels like heaven to me. Today Sophie and I went to watch "Media Noche en Paris" aka Midnight in Paris with Owen Wilson, it was cute but kind of a strange film. I finally found some peanut butter here today, I've been on the search because I have a slight addiction to peanut butter and banana sandwiches and peanut butter is a thing that the Argentines don't really do. I found some in China Town which is kind of close to my house, thank goodness. I also bought Twilight, one of my favorite books, in the Spanish addition so that is my next mission. Kind of geeky, but I love reading so this should be interesting.

I'm feeling much more accustomed to the language and the place which is a good feeling but its easy to feel alone in this city of millions which is kind of odd. Its definitely a feeling I've never had before, to walk around with so many people yet feel completely by yourself. I'm not really sure if it is a bad feeling, or just weird. I have made some native friends however, and I am going to an Asado this Saturday which I explained in my previous blog. Its in Tigre which is about a 40 minute train ride, we plan on getting out of the city during the second elections and spending the afternoon at a friends house. I am pretty excited, it'll be my first experience at an actual Asado, without any other English speaking friends. Wish me luck :)

Sorry this post was a little all over the place and probably a lot to take in; I am scatter brained. One month down and five more to go. It'll be Christmas before we know it.

Chau