juuuliannita (mi papa's nuevo apodo para mi)

esto es corto porque soy muuuuuuuuy cansado

in a nut shell...we went on a tour of the city. so basically, three hours of wandering around the city staring at monuments and an argentine lady...and not understanding a word that she says. they separated us into 4 different groups that we toured around with, which i think are going to be our classes. no one else in my group understood what she was saying, sooooo great news for the next 5 weeks! i dont think i grasped the second semester spanish well enough to move on so i'm praying that thats what i'll be in. you still get credit for the baylor classes that you came to get credit for, you just get to learn at your own level....but i dont think you can still get an A. which, lets be honest, i wasnt going to anyways so its win-win for me!

we stopped by a bank on the tour so that we could exchange our dollars into pesos...so i have enough now that should last me for quite a while. i am my father's child and have managed to only spend 5 pesos in the 4 days that i have been here! you're welcome, dad.
i definitely haven't been starving myself though...my mom just cooks amazing meals...i'm gonna come back 100 lbs heavier....sorry blake. especially if i keep taking siestas instead of going running with the boys like today. and its fun to eat at home cause its about a 2 hour process. we always have hot tea after (i'm getting a little addicted to green tea) and sit around and talk. that may not be fun after sunday though, the day that my family says we are only talking in spanish from then on. blaaaaaahhhh...thats gonna be the worst day of my life.

i only took one picture today, so here it is....its hannah, carlos y yo...they were part of my tour group. this is on top of "cerro de la gloria" (a famous monument on a hill). in case you care, in the bottom left corner of the picture where those houses are used to be the slums of Argentina...they just built those houses within the past 5 years.
-carlos is from hawaii (theres about 15 people in our classes that are from university of hawaii) and hes hilarious...too many funny stories to tell about him




i started blogging after dinner and felt bad for not taking more pictures haha soooo this is rue walking into my house tonight. i figured its better than nothing. it kinda shows you the feel of my house...thats the "greek look" that i see outside my shower.
and thats our dog Otto who is a beast of a german shepherd...i call him Oso cause he looks like a huge bear. This picture doesnt do him much justice. He's a great guard dog though cause when strangers come up to the gate, he goes crazy and jumps up (almost over the gate...which is just a little white picket fence)...you literally think that you are about to die. Brett and Rue used to hide a stick by my house so they could ring the doorbell with it haha...but now Otto knows them so he's sweet when they come up to the fence.


well, so much for being short haha...lo siento

bed time. CIAO