Welcome to my first blog!

Hello everyone! I am a student from San Diego, California participating in the 10 week study abroad program in Buenos Aires, Argentina offered by San Diego City College in collaboration with Expanish.

As I fumble my way through the city streets - yes folks, I will NOT be driving the entire stay!!! :) - learning the castellano version of Spanish, snacking on scrumptious empanadas, and haggling at the weekend street fairs I shall be documenting my adventures so those of you at home can share the experience of..."A Student's Life in Argentina"!

Enjoy!

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Blissfully mundane... - Sept 9, 2010





Today started rather poorly. I was late to school on the day of my first quiz in Spanish class! My roomie and I waited for the colectivo for 20 minutes until one finally passed full of passengers...and kept going! Waiting another 10 minutes, another -filled to capacity- colectivo drove past. Others waiting with us at the stop began to flag down taxis...I began contemplating the same...

Tuesdays and Thursdays my last class ends at 1pm. I resigned myself to domestic chores to start my weekend off right...

Upon arriving at my Buenos Aires home, I separated and bagged my laundry and dropped if off at a laundromat across the street. In Buenos Aires, laundromats wash and fold your laundry for you. They will even pick up from your home!

Next stop was the grocery store. I thought shopping in the states was hard! With all of my allergies I have to be extra careful and read the ingredients on anything I buy. Now I have to read everything in Spanish!

Going to Cafe Tortoni tonight with the SD City College group to see a tango show. If it's not too late I'll check back in afterwards...Chau!

Photos
Top left: SD City College students in the improptu study room at Expanish (from left to right: Esteban, Freddy, Jacob, Rene and Leilani)
Top right: Line to the register at Carrefour (grocery store)
Bottom left: Paseoperro (dog walker) I spied while waiting for the colectivo this morning
Bottom right: Rene and Leilani studying between class at Expanish

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