We also shared a bottle of Malbec and another of Syrah. It was DIVINE.
It was a really great day, though, I have formed a little group that consists of this hilarious girl from Minnesota (she has a hard core minnesota accent, too! Soo entertaining!) who doesn't speak much spanish and to hear her attempt is probably one of the funniest things of my life. I am not kidding, she is loud, shameless, and has the best gringa American accent ever! For instance, she barged into a taxi, started chattin' the driver up by saying (read this phonetically, I am trying to mimic her accent:) "Hhhholaaa! Komo estaas! Te guusta McDonalds?! Pour que McDonalds es mi viDa! Joe komo McDonalds siemprey!" hahahahhahahahahaha I seriously could record her or follow her around with a video camera and probably have a show on comedy central. Everything Lauren does, I can't help but laugh at! It's great! My other friend is Camille, she is a sweet heart who is Mexican & Scandinavian...she looks latina, though, maybe puerto rican. I don't know, but she is tan with dark features. She is very strong willed and so much fun!
We have two other friends: Cara, who is 21, lives in her own apartment and is engaged. Cara joins us when she wants, she is a little more into doing her own thing, which is totally rad and I can totally respect that, so we always invite her out but never push her. She does have family in Brazil, so hopefully we can all go up and check out Brazil! The other friend is this very flamboyant guy named Max. He goes to school with Lauren and is absolutely hysterical. He is very sarcastic and very gay and very very very funny. He lives further away from us, but when he joins in on our adventures, I am laughing the whole time! It is so great!
What is also great is that all of them are very eager to explore south america. We are starting to plan a few little trips. We met these Extremely attractive guys from Uruguay who ride (surf) for Quicksilver. They inspired us to visit Uruguay. They obviously persuaded us by highlighting the rich cultural history of the country...duh. haha No, we actually didn't give them our information, so we wont be visiting them, but if they were that attractive, the rest of the country sounds promising. :)
I am trying to remember what else we have done that is note worthy. We went out the past couple of nights, it has been so fun. One night we went to this bar that was all americans. It was kind of a bust. Not down for an all american bar, I came to Argentina for an Argentine experience, not an American experience. So we left and went to this club right across the street from my house (sooo convenient!). It was really fun, met so many fun, interesting people! What is funny is that every night we have gone out, we have met more foreigners than locals...bummer, but still cool! There have been Italians, Portuguese, brazilians, french, german, uhhh I don't remember what else, but I am sure there are more. We have met many Argentines, though, which is wonderful. They are all very nice, men and women, which is slightly surprising. I only say that because as you all know and expected, the men are very much into showering foreigners with attention. I would have expected the Argentine women to be envious and thus, bitchy, towards us for stealing the attention, but on the contrary. They party with us, which rules! Maybe they think if they chill with us, they'll get the same attention. I think it's worked for them? I don't know, but works for me, I like new friends! (this isn't true for all of them, though. Some are very rude when they realize we are americans and refuse to give us the time of day. I get the impression, though, that they are like that just in general. Trés sad for them to be so stuck up.) The men here are all extremely attractive, however, I have lost some of my fascination for the local woman. At first I was 100% intimidated by the woman because I thought they are all so beautiful and what not. Well, I suppose they are, but it is kind of like once you've seen one Argentine woman, you have seen them all. Not to sound rude or anything, but they just all look and dress too similarly. They all have long dark hair, most with straight across bangs, very pale faces, and dark features. They are gorgeous, but once the novelty of their look wears away, they are just regular people again. The men, on the other hand...well, maybe I am just biased, but their look never gets old. haha my friends agree.
Today we walked around the market because we missed the city tour my program (IES) put on. We were bummed to have missed it, but it's not that big of a deal because we will see it ourselves plus we had such a wonderful day! We walked down this very busy street that had all of these street vendors that had amazing art from everywhere in the country and in the continent. I bought this beautiful necklace from peru and this other tree of life leather bracelet from a place near patagonia (southern Argentina). We also might go back and buy this beautiful paintings that have these native symbols on them (native americans...? for argentina, I don't know how to phrase that properly...). The guy is from Northern Argentina and I want this one that is a two headed snake which means balance (like the yin and yang symbol).
Tonight, Camille wants to stay in but Lauren and I are going to go find a wine bar or something to chill at. Tomorrow we will go to San Telmo, the bohemian area of town and check out a weekly "fairia" which is like an artisan market full of unique stuff. Apparently there are transvestites that walk around promoting some club during la fairia, I hope to go check that club out at some point, just for the fun of it!
ok, well I rented Aladdin on itunes, so I am going to watch that, eat another midnight dinner, then get ready for a relaxing night with some malbec.
Oh, one side note, I am having a very difficult time adjusting to this late dinner. Mom, you know this, but I eat very early. Ideally, I eat dinner between 5-6:30 pm. I also like light dinners. None of that is the norm here. We eat between 8:30 and 10 pm and they are pretty large portions. I also think she gets offended if I don't finish my plate, but I just can't eat that much. Honestly, some times I would rather just not eat than have to eat such a late dinner. It is screwing up my whole metabolism. The next day, all I want to do is eat and I end up feeling extremely large! No Bueno!!! I think, soon, if I don't adjust, I am going to have to figure out a different approach to my problem. I am not worried, but it is kinda of a pain to deal with, you know?
Alright, well sorry that it was so long, I figured it had been a couple of days so a good update was acceptable. I also am so excited to hear I have actual people reading my blog! That is so exciting! No offense mama and grandmama, you two obviously are the whole reason I am writing this, but it is cool to hear other people are interested, too! Hurrah for all of you!!
ok, chau!
annette
p.s. I posted pictures on Facebook and I have more to come, so keep checking that for pictures!
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