Buenos Aires: Semana 4

Mi ultimo semana en escuela aqui:( I feel like I am just getting comforatable and making good friends with everyone and now it is time to go! But, other people are off in different directions too so I am not regretting leaving. On Monday, I had a great day...I started with morning classes at another part of the school which i found out is place that people play bridge in the afternoon. It has much more comfortable chairs and is a more relaxed classroom setting. I have six people in my class, as opposed to only 3 before, but it is good in its own way because we have more people to talk and hear about whats going on with them. After class, it was a lovely spring day (i get to skip winter this year!) so I got a sandwich with some girls and we went to the park near the cemetary to eat them. I got my actual sandwich craving filled. It was turkey and cheddar, but I didn´t know if what I though looked like turkey was turkey so I was asking the guy, he had no clue, and then I started describing it in any way I could in spanish. Finally, I said its what you cook on thanksgiving and he said SI!! Eso es. So, I finally got a turkey sandwich...most all places only have ham. We stayed in the park a while and then visited Evita´s grave. It was the nicest cemetary I have seen considering it looks like a miniature town. Then, we decided that we were going to make burritos for dinner. Well, it was most definitely my idea. Another spanish difficulty was at the grocery store when I was looking for avocado, I asked for a palta because I just learned what this was. The guy looked at me and was like, what the hell is a palta..thinking it at least. Then i was like you know its green, kinda looks like a pear. Then, i found the avocados. And I showed him and was like, "see, this is a palta" and then he was like, "ohhhhh a palta" in a different accent of course. Some of these people make no attempt to help me since I just look like a foreigner. Then, I made burritos with my friend Susan from Holland and about 8 people came over. My two american food cravings satisfied in one day.

Tuesday was not as exciting. I went to class, had lunch on the terrace of school with some friends. Another sandwich of course since it was so good. This one I got with salame, and it was only 5 pesos! It was a huge sandwich made for me on the spot for less that two bucks. Amazing. Then I didnt feel that good the rest of the day so I stayed in for the night. Wednesday I went to school, and then after I had my final private tango lesson. Before I had the sexy young teacher that all the girls want, but this time I had the 65 year old man who was about a foot shorter than me once I put my shoes on. BUT, I wish I had him the whole time! It was my most fun tango lesson yet because he was spinning me around and making me feel like I could really dance tango. It was a great way to end my lessons. After tango, I went to the music store because I say this singer on tv that I wanted to check out his cd. The machine that you can check it out wasnt working so I was like sitting there for a while trying to figure out how to tell him that I didnt´think it was working and that I wanted to listen to the cd. Finally, i did and ended up buying it. His name is Beto Cuevas and I guess he is from chile. That night, I went to this salsa class with some friends from school and that was fun as well. This was the first dance class I have ever been to where there were more boys than girls! So, I was exhausted after having to dance the whole time. But, we still went to Museum to meet up with everyone else from school, but I didnt last long since I was danced out for the day.

Jueves I had my same sandwich on the terrace of school and then I went shopping with susan after class. She got a dress, but i restrained since I really dont think I can fit any more clothes into my bag. We met up with some Norwegian girls that I met at the party at Asia de cuba last week and they had just gotten tattoos. I don´t think i would do it in a foreign country! Well, i have no desire for a tattoo anyways so I guess its different. It is a lot cheaper here though, so I guess it would be worth it if you really want one. Then, off to my last group tango class. It was different since there were actually guys there too. It was nice to have someone to practice with but the guys would get frustrated if you didn´t know what move to do, but they werent leading us correctly. This one guy thought he was the shit at tango and kept doing moves and looking at himself in the mirror. I´m pretty sure he was straight too, it was pretty funny. But, I took some pictures with my tango teacher and my friend Linda that I usually go with and off we went. That night was my friend who lives just two floors down from me´s birthday. So, there was some people hanging out in his apartment waiting for midnight to sing to him. When midnight came, first they sang in dutch since he is dutch, then some other boys sang in swedish, then we sang in spanish, then in hebrew, then german, then english. And i actually knew how to sing in german since that is what we always since on birthdays too! The guy that i sang with was really surprised that I knew it. I pronounce it totally wrong, but oh well. I could sing 3/6, so not too bad!

Today was my last day of class here. We played Taboo in spanish which was hard because it is hard enough in english, but still fun. They have a graduation picnic on the balcony on fridays that I went to, and of course I was the first one called up and I had to say a quick speech in spanish. So I am sure my face was bright red, and all that good stuff that happens when I speak in frount of people but it was quick and painless. We had really good hamburgers, then went to get ice cream with Susan and Eric. I think I had the best ice cream ever today. It is called chocolate suiza and it is chocolate ice cream with chocolate chips (but the little granules) then dulce de leche. OHHHH soo good. I also got a scoop of mint chip but it was not the same. I will stick to the other one from now on. I am glad I discovered it just before I am leaving so I won´t eat it everyday. Now I am off to get a pedicure with Linda since they are nice and cheap here, and she never gets to get them at home because they are something like $100 plus dollars. Then, there is a fiesta loca tonight in our apartment building since I am leaving, the other american girl Josi is leaving, and it is Dirks birthday. Chau for now.

Ok so the pedicures were just about the weirdest and worst thing Linda and I had ever had. They didnt wash our feet and they used this weird machine to file our nails and then they shaved off the dead skin from our feet. My feet hurt afterwords. And they shaved off Lindas dead skin to the flesh so she has this big sore now. Yuck. I will never do that again. Later on friday, Susan and I ordered in dinnerand then some more girls came overwith a dulce de leche cake since it was my last night. It was sooo good, i love dulce de leche a little too much. Then the whole apartment buliding was partying, so wehung out in Maipu for a while, then went to this brazilian club. There were guys doing a dance that was all choregraphed and thenthey took their shirts off...it was all a little weird but fun nonetheless. Another night out til 6 am. Then sleeping til 2 the next day. But saturday was not that nice of a day so there was excuse to stay in. I did go out to lunch with my roommate who literally never stops talking. So it was relaxing when she left later that night so icould hang out with some of my other friends on my last night. I got up this morning and was off in the airplane to chile!