Time is going by very fast here, and in the last month or so, I've done a lot of things! I'm really enjoying the Argentina life, and the big city, and the adequate public transportation. I've tried some new drinks, I've tried some new foods, and I've gone to some new places, and my time here is already more than half over! Wow!
Nothing super major has happened since the past about my exciting trip to Mendoza. I've just stayed around Buenos Aires exploring and finding new things to do with my friends. But this week I'm going on a trip to Córdoba, and then next week I'm heading up north to the giant waterfall called Iguazú. So I should have more exciting stuff to write about then!
For speed-reading purposes, because I know you are all busy and doing important life things, I will create a list here of all the new things that I've done, with maybe some small elaboration. Ready, set, go! :
- April 29: Went to get real person pizza and found a giant graffiti portrait of Frida Khalo, the artist, and then went to a polo game! Uruguay vs Argentina! (Argentina won, it was like 14-3)
- April 30: Went on an adventure to a club where there was supposed to be this interesting musical thing, but we got there too late, and the line was too long and we didn't go in, but I stood in line for a very long time and watched people get drunk, so that's an accomplishment
- May 3: Discovered that if I tell people at restaurants my name is Mia instead of Jen, I get a lot fewer weird looks and people don't have to ask me how to spell my name, and then spell it wrong anyway
- May 5: Saw 37 dogs on my way to school. Also, in less exciting news, I went to a play at Teatro Nun for my literature class, which was pretty fun! I mean, not fun, because the topic was very sad and hard to think about, but important and interesting is perhaps a better way to put it. Then we went out for drinks at the cool bar with no ceiling
- May 7: Traveled to La Boca, a very tourist-y part of the city with cool, colorful buildings and walls, and lots of handmade stuff to buy, and also just regular stuff to buy. Also ventured out to the Mexican Heritage Celebration to get yummy tacos, despite the pouring rain
- May 9: Visited the planetarium where there was supposed to be a Full Moon Party, but alas there was not, and we sat on a rock and talked to this really weird guy speaking a mixture of English, Spanish, and Portuguese
- May 10: Went to an "orchestra" performance, but the performance actually consisted of four accordions, five violins, a cello, a bass, a piano and fancy lady singer
- May 11: Went to the giant book fair and received a copy of the Argentinian Constitution for free!!
- May 13: Went to an orchestra "performance" but it was actually a rehearsal, but it was free so I can't complain very much, but I can complain a little. Also ate ice cream, so that is important
- May 17: Went to Teatro Ciego, where they put you in complete darkness and then play a musical album through surround sound speakers. We listened to Queen, and I was a fan. We're probably going back sometime!
- May 19: Ate fancy ramen in a restaurant in Chinatown, then took the most terrifying bus I've ever been on to the Parque de la Memoria, or Memory Park, that is a memorial for all the people who disappeared during the dictatorship. There's a giant wall with many missing names, because people still haven't been identified. Took an equally terrifying bus home
- May 21: Went to the giant bookstore that used to be a theater! We found many exciting books, but we're going back at some point to buy coloring books, because we're not real adults. I'm not 21 yet. I can still buy coloring books if I want to
- May 22: Decided to go on an impromptu journey out of Buenos Aires this weekend. Leaving tomorrow, it's fine
Okay, wow, I think that's it! So many things that I did! Hopefully I'll have even more exciting things to share with you guys after my trips coming up. And hopefully I get some good pictures, because my good camera is feeling sad about not being used very often. It'll get better, I promise camera, I promise.
PS: Comida (That means food in Spanish) (Also, it's including many beverages this time too)
- Seafood ramen - new because it included crayfish and scallops, neither of which I've had before
- Mexican chicken tacos
- Rye bread
- Lemonade vodka
- Fernet - a kind of minty alcohol that is very strange
- Rum and coke
- Apple moonshine
- Mint and ginger mojito
- Rapiditos - Matilde makes these because she bought a bunch of tortilla shells. They're basically a tortilla shell plus whatever else she feels like adding to it, it's a weird time
- A hamburger with bacon and eggs
- Asado chicken
PSS: Here is Xander with my new best friend, and probably his new best friend too:
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