¡Amig@s!
Greetings from Bs.As. once again!!
So, figured I'd tell you a little about what a typical day in Buenos Aires looks like for me!
Depending on the day, I usually get up around 9ish, which is a bit difficult since my host mom sleeps until around 11 everyday, so I don't have too much motivation to get up in the mornings. I spend some time getting ready for the day before leaving my apartment! Not sure if I ever mentioned that I live in an apartment, but I do, on the 4th floor. Before walking out the door, I put my iPod in, my sunglasses on, and start my 5 block walk to the subway station.
I usually have to wait a few minutes for the subte to come, but when it does, I put my backpack on my chest and brace myself to pack myself in like a sardine! I go 3 stops on the subway, which takes about 10 minutes.
When the subway rolls into the "Facultad de Medicina" stop, I get off, put my backpack back on my back and walk about 7 blocks to my school. Here in Bs.As. there's not really a campus for my school, FLACSO (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales), it's just a building. When I get to my school building, I have to ring a buzzer to get into the building, then use my magnetic card to get further into the building! I usually head up 4 flights of stairs to the computer lab to kill some time before class!
Classes here are either 2 or 3 hours. Mondays and Thursdays I only have 1 class, but Tuesdays and Wednesdays I have 2. Once I'm at school, I stay at school until I'm done for the whole day. Sometimes I'll go out for lunch between classes, but I usually just grab a snack at a kiosk on the way to school in the mornings.
After I'm done with classes, I make my trek back home on the subte. Bot and I will meet up sometimes after school to grab some food or a drink. I get home and usually do some homework or answer emails in my room while Rossana makes dinner. We eat around 8:30, which is very early! After dinner, I hang out with Rossana, watching TV or talking until I help clean up and excuse myself to do homework for the rest of the night until around 12 or 1am when I call it quits!
Then I do it all over again the next day!
Bot and I went to see The Hunger Games last night, before anyone in the US saw it, which was a special treat! When we're in the movie theater (watching movies in English with Spanish subtitles) it feels like we're back in the US! We don't realize that we're in Argentina until after the movie is over and everyone around us starts speaking in Spanish!
I joined a soccer team here, which will prove to be interesting since I haven't played soccer seriously since middle school! Although I did play on RECIM Team BANJUKA (Shoutout to Kenny, Jonny, and Drey!) at Gordon last year! But, for 50 pesos (about 12 US dollars), we get to play soccer every week AND go to a professional futbol game sometime during the semester!
Well, it's been 1 month since I've been in Argentina! Miss me yet?! I still have about 4 to go! Crazy! I'm not sure if it's gone by fast or slow! I've heard that the first month abroad is the hardest, and I think that's true! I've been through a lot of ups and downs recently, but things are getting easier and I'm learning to enjoy myself more! There is so much Buenos Aires (and Argentina) has to offer and I'm looking forward to getting to experience it more and more in the next few months!
Well, thanks for sticking with me for a month!
¡Chau for now!
-C
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