Since I got back, things have been nice. We celebrated Halloween. We went on the pub crawl that started in a plaza in Palermo. Santa Barbara and I didn’t invest too much into costumes. We were very disappointed in ourselves. We all put on headbands (theirs were bunny ears, mine Minnie mouse) and called it a day. I also wore a cute black dress and tights and heels so I was also dressed as an Ole Miss girl which is a whole other costume indeed.
When we first got to the plaza (early, as always, go American punctuality) we were kind of sketched out because all we saw were these thug looking guys in the plaza. Turns out they were just some dudes on the pub crawl dressed as Mexican gangsters. We thought they were real gangsters. Well done on the costumes hombres.
Then we sat and ate pizza and drank beer for about an hour. Then we crawle don tot the first bar and greeted with a shot that turned out to be beer. Then to another bar and then another and then a disco. We lasted about 6 minutes in the club and then said adios. We jumped in a cab to the residencia. Then Danielle and I went to McDonald's across the street in our “costumes”. I’m sure we looked insane. Our cab ride back was fun though. Our driver put on a CCR cd and we sang along together.
Since then, I don’t even know what I’ve been up to. Sitting in cafes, walking around. I went to the grocery store like 3 times in one day. Oh I went to lay out in a park one day – that was productive. I learned how to use the bus. I went to the gym one time and I even went to a museum. Life is tough here in BA.
I got my hair. That was an experience. It looks fine though.
I went to see a play with Brie the other night. Her friend from home Erik’s roommate was in it. It was called “Jazz Slayers” but it was “Chicago”. It was awesome. It was in English. The dancing and singing were great. I loved it. It was like community theater fun. It was better than the Broadway tour version I saw in Memphis a few years back. And it was a really fun crowd. Plus, the Spanish accent made it comical at times.
We went to a bar to watch the election results. It was very patriotic. We didn’t stay too long as it was slammed and we couldn’t really see or hear so we came back and had our own little residencia party and watched it online with some wine. Everyone here is so thrilled. Like tears thrilled. Gobama Buenos Aires. Ron Paul received almost 10,000 votes in LA.
Today I went to get breakfast with Danielle, her friend in town Monica, and Brie at Café Tortoni. Always a nice time. Then we went shopping on Florida. Now I’m cooling down in the one air conditioned room on our floor. It is hot. At the mall, Christmas decorations are up! Ho ho ho. More like hot hot hot. But I do love Christmas. 48 days!
Brie and I went to get dinner at my fave restaurant Cumana. I got this pumpkin squash meat casserole thing. It’s so good.
Off to try to download the new Office and Greys. Love to the USA.
Char
Merry Christmas!!!
A lovely sunset in San Telmo
Our fave bar, Bellagamba
Halloween
Me and Norway
Pizza and beer in a plaza
3 comments:
yay christmas! things went nuts here on election night.. i was on the phone with jan.. literally hundreds of people flooded the streets on campus yelling and screaming with utter joy.. lots of crying and emotion.. though my favorite thing are all the mccain supporters and how pissed the are and how they want to move to canada.. and im like you want to move to our ultra-liberal, semi-socialist neighbor to the north.. go right ahead idiot.. enjoy the french, they love canada too! my friend suggested russia for the republicans.. b/c then they could see sarah palin's house.. lol
hope all is well.. things are finally winding down.. i go home in 2 weeks though.. and i'll get to see mkb right b4 she leaves to visit you.. im pumped.. she pumped, so fun!
Thank you so much for the Christmas tree picture! I CANNOT wait to see you again!
You look adorable in your Minnie Mouse ears =)
nice blog
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