El Día del Bicentenario de la Creación de la Bandera Argentina

Today was El Día del Bicentenario de la Creación de la Bendera Argentina (200th Anniversary of the Argentine Flag)

Lucky for us, we didn't have school/orientation today! Bot's host mom, Marta, invited me over to their apartment for waffles con ducle de leche this afternoon around 12. She also invited two other American students she had met in church who were studying in a different program than CIEE. Jaime and John are juniors at Lebanon Valley College in Pennsylvania. We spent most of the day with them! After finishing waffles, Marta wanted to take us out for a cup of coffee. Little did we know, she was taking us to a beach quite a ways out of the city. We ended up at the café, which had a 45 minute wait :/ so instead of waiting, we just looked around the beach a bit and enjoyed the sun!

After the beach, which was more like a grassy field with water, we headed back to Marta's apartment, where she bought us ice cream! After spending 5+ hours with our new friends and Marta, Bot and I politely excused ourselves and headed to Plaza del Mayo!

Plaza del Mayo is surrounded by a number of important government buildings, monuments, and the Catedral. 

Me in front of La Casa Rosada (one of the governmental buildings)

Bot and I also explored the inside of the Catedral which has gorgeous shrines(?) and paintings!

While we were sitting in front of the Obelisco (which looks very similar to the Washington Monument) we were caught in a heavy rainfall! Bot and dashed to the nearest subte (subway) entrance and headed home for the night! 

Since then, I have been hanging at home with Rossana. She really loves crime shows so she has been watching CSI, Criminal Minds, NCIS etc all night! It's been raining/thundering/lightening for most of the night, which is a bit depressing! Tomorrow starts another day of Orientation, which I'm sure will be very exhausting!

On the bright side, today was a good day! I flip flop between feeling really excited that I'm in Argentina and feeling that I'm not going home for a whole FIVE MONTHS! But today I was excited to be here! So praise God for that! I'm also feeling a lot more confident in my comprehension of Spanish, which is improving more and more everyday!

Continued prayers are appreciated!

Ciao amig@s!

-C

Psalm 13:6

I will sing to the LORD, for he has been good to me.

Salmos 13:6

Canto salmos al SEÑOR. ¡El SEÑOR ha sido bueno conmigo!