Happy Sunday all!
Today I got to sleep until 10:30 a.m.!!! How wonderful...this is the first time in quite a while that I've gotten to sleep in. I will tell you...I could have slept all day, but there were things to be seen.
It's getting quite cold here in Argentina...I didn't think it could get so chilly, but even I am cold. Now, I am kind of wishing that I had told my mom to send my jacket after all...or I will have to go shopping to get one from around here. I am just incredibly surprised at how cold it was today! Maybe it is just a freak thing...which is what I am hoping.
The feria was very interesting. We had to ride a city bus for ONE HOUR to get there. I don't much care for city buses. They drive so crazy and there is no where to sit. I felt nauseous the whole time and I almost fell over at every corner the bus turned. I think I will stick to the subte from now on, thank you.
People in Argentina are not early risers like in America. If there is a craft show or something here, nothing good starts until like 1 or 2 o'clock in the afternoon...at home a person would have to wake up at the crack of dawn for events like this. I like that people aren't morning people around here...we have that in common. So when we arrived around 1 o'clock there were still booths getting set up and the party wasn't in full swing. After walking around for a few minutes is when all the liveliness started. Bands started coming out and playing their music. There was a stage with authentic Argentinian dancers in Argentinian gaucho apparel...they were so cool!!! There were also miniature ponies, alpacas, horses, llamas and things of that nature all around along with all kinds of vendors and food tents. The food smelled so good...I wanted to buy something from every station...especially the cakes, pies, and sweets tents. Yummmmmmyyy. But alas, I did not do that.
Instead, we went to a restaurant for lunch. IT WAS PACKED. I ordered two beef empanadas and french fries. Aidi and Emilia also ate with me...Aidi ordered grilled chicken (very good) and Emilia ordered ravioli (also quite delicious).The food was good...service kind of sucked, which is basically the norm around here.
Then we went shopping. There were all sorts of really neat things. The usual mate cups, leather stands, jewelry, scarves...but there were also clothes, shoes, books, canned goods, meat, chocolate candies, and alpaca yarn products. I bought an alpaca hat...I still need to find matching gloves. I also bought some cheap Toms-type shoes that are purple and corduroy, a ring for me and a ring as a gift for someone (can't say who!), and a watch. The rings were 15 pesos each, which is less than 4 dollars...the hat was like 6.50...the shoes were 7.50...the watch was also 7.50. What steals!!!! I would definitely like to go back there to visit again if I have a chance...there were a lot of really cool authentic things that would be great for gifts!!! I get overwhelmed about gifts and what I need to buy...but I forget that I have two months here. Which is plenty of time to get something for everyone and lots for myself. Hahahahahahaaaa.
Anyway...then we rode the bus home and I came back and hung with Mercedes and Jorge for a while...we watched Law and Order and CSI Miami and House. They LOVE House...it's so sweet. Jorge is reading a book...but he has trouble focusing. It's so cute how he sits at the table to read and then gets distracted and finds something else to do...sometimes Mercedes gets after him and says, "Jorge, I thought you were going to read your book! What are you doing now???" I think he is trying to finish it today because at dinner he said, "I failed to finish my book." He is a very sweet old man...and very happy!
We had pizza for dinner. Also, Mercedes made us some dulce de leche cake...very sweet, but I loved ittttt. Maybe I should just buy everyone a jug of dulce de leche and call it good, huh? I'm pretty sure everyone will LOVE it. :)
I'm already exhausted from today's adventure...this program is certainly keeping me on my toes. We didn't go out last night, unfortunately. Actually, we were all exhausted by like 10:30 from the big trip to El Tigre, so we went to bed instead. But we will be going out soon...so that will be good because I really want to see what all the hype is about!!!
Tomorrow is back to school for me...I am dreading getting up early, but I think some of us girls are going to go boot shopping after class. That will be fun fun fun.
As always...I will keep you posted on my hunt for an Argentinian hubby and the adventures that entails. BAHAHAHAAAA. Have a good day/night/morning everyone! :)
No comments:
Post a Comment