so yeah, we have been here in Bs As (the cool way of writing it) for a little over a week. We are having a wonderful time. The apartment is for the most part in order but not before a thorough cleaning with some Cif nb not Jif! It is a pretty old apartment with wood floors and high vaulted ceilings and a small courtyard that we get like 20 minutes of sun in per day! ;) Just when its right overhead. Pretty cool place overall.
This past week we have learned and experienced so much. First of all... there is nothing that is called fast here in this country. Everything takes time and there is lines for absolutely everything. I think it is very good practice for Kien and I who are not especially known for being the most patient people in this world. It definitely tests our Hochendoner/Hordnes genes respectively!
(First night in the new pad)
(First night in the new pad)We have spanish class 4 hours a day, 5 days a week. All this week it has just been Katrine and I and our teacher Cecilia. She is a very nice porteña that studies literature at the university here and teaches us sorry souls spanish when she has breaks from school. The other students and teachers have all been very nice so far and we have spent pretty much every afternoon with them.
On Friday we went out and met one of our teachers (Paula) and one of her students in town. Since we don't have cell phones from here we just had to agree to a time and a place. I think that the last time we did that was probably in '94 or something :) We ended up going to a smoke filled pool hall for the evening. We ordered 1liter beer after 1l beer which we shared in small glasses. Pool took a backseat to conversations of broken spanish and 1 peso per song in the jukebox! I think I eventually settled on one ACDC, 1 Rolling Stones and 1 Eminem song. LOL The choices weren't huge but that did not correlate to my enjoyment! We ended the long night getting a pizza in a dimly lit cellar bar.
Pretty much everyday I walk around thinking about how lucky kien and i are to be experiencing the things we do. I mean just the other day while in the store, I was served a stiff drink while i was shopping! :) I have to admit we went back to the same store the next day to do our shopping. And yes i hovered around the free drink stand waiting for the lady to get back from lunch but since we had to wait like 45 minutes in the checkout stand line (again), I was able to achieve my mission. Great success! Also.... there is aparrently a market for whole cooked pig heads in the buffet section of the store. A security gaurd yelled at me for taking the picture!
Well thanks to everyone who has commented on my blog! Very nice of you all. I will try to keep things as entertaining as possible but no promises.
Much love!
4 comments:
Hei!
Så kjekt å høre at dere har det fint i "Bs As". Du skriver så bra på bloggen din at jeg og Line kommer til å ha litt prestasjonsangst når vi skal starte opp bloggen vår neste uke.
Vi reiser på mandag morgen, og jeg har begynt å bli reisesyk allrede..Skal bli godt å sette seg på flyet og ha startet det store eventyret og være ferdig med pakking og planlegging.
Hils Katrine :)
Klem Kari
Og selv om jeg faktisk HAR mobil her nede, avtaler vi paa gamlemaaten.. hm..
hmm, ser ut som om Sunniva også har startet opp bloggen igjen?? dette må jeg sjekke ut...
MEN, kjempekjekt å lese litt om livet deres i BA (trodde det var den forkortelsen folk brukte??) og lurer litt på HVOR mye mer tålmodige dere er når dere kommer hjem igjen...hehe. Er det ikke manjana(i morgen?) man sier der nede??
Hilse Katrine, kjekt med bilder!
Anne
Can you have a pig head packaged and sent to us? Yummy! I hope you and Katrine are enjoying yourselves. I am happy you are there to live this experience. We are waiting for your next installment.
Love mama wolfe
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