Whats happenin everybody? Sorry I lied last time, I was going to post again with a bunch of random thoughts and observations that Ive been making a list of since I got here, but of course I got a last minute phone call about a party and wasn't able to post. That post will come soon, I promise.
Friday we went to my friends apartment and met and hung out with a ton of new people from all over the world. That night alone I was with people from the US, England, Canada, France, Morocco, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Australia, and a few more. Im pretty sure that by the end of the semester Ill have met somebody from every country. I had a great time, until this British girl from Bristol, England got into an argument with me about where Stonehenge is. She was trying to tell me that it was on an entirely separate island, part of Ireland or something. Now, as my dear Aunt Suzy can certainly attest to, Stongehenge is located precisely between Bristol and London, about 2 hours away from where this girl claimed she lived. And its Stonehenge! Thats like me saying the Empire State Building is in California. To make things worse, she had the audacity to say to me, verbatim with a sharply condescending tone, "Are you kidding me? You're just proving the point that all Americans are idiots." If this was a guy I would have pummeled him, instead I just gave her an earful and then got a computer and proved her wrong. Sorry for making that into a story, but it was the first real negative encounter Ive had down here and I was really upset afterward.
Saturday we didn't do much during the day I dont think, but at night we had a great time. Some kids from our class are living in an apartment that's almost like a hostel. Its like a big house that all the people in it share, but each has their own bedroom. It had this super cool rooftop with a room that had a kitchen and big table like a standard kitchen, and then an outdoor terrace with a big brick parrilla. About 30 people came and mingled and listened to good music, and the owner of the building offered to have asado for 10 pesos per person. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asado. The steak here is unbelievable. After the apartment we met some porteno friends at the Belgrano Atheletic Club for the rugby teams huge party. It wasn't my cup of tea- a lot like a high school dance with a big younger crowd and huge rugby players who just acted like meatheads and pushed everybody around. It was kind of shocking how brutal they were, especially with girls.
Sunday we went to Tigre. All that in a new post-
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