hmmmm let's see...well yesterday we found out what classes we are in!! annie, rylie, brett rue, hannah y yo are all in the 2nd level!!!! we were all so happy that we were together...i was kinda freaking out that everyone was gonna be at level 3 and i would have to go back to level 1 and learn colors and months. they put the lists on the outside of the classrooms...it felt like we were looking to see if we had made the cheerleading squad!
sooo then we had 4 full hours of non-stop spanish. i'm pretty sure our teacher doesn't know any english haha. we have a different teacher everyday which should keep things exciting...and monday and wednesday we have one teacher from 9-11 and another teacher from 11-1 so hopefully that will make it go by faster. it's sooo nice having a routine down now because we get to see all of our friends at school! the first couple days we were all definitely out of our comfort zone trying to get used to everything. friday is by far the best day though cause we go to school from 10-11 and then straight to tangooo!!!! (that's what some of us are taking to get credit for an hp) even though we didnt have to be there till 10, we still left with rue's dad at 8 cause taking the bus takes an hour anyways! so we got there around 8:30 and just sprawled out across the chairs and took a solid one hour nap...well rue and i did. i think brett just played poker on his phone. except we got woken up at one point cause the janitor came in and sprayed swine flu disinfectant everywhere (the room with all the americans) hahahha it was suffocating how strong it was....we had to stick our heads in our shirts cause we could barely breathe. i think they were trying to kill us.
tango lessons were a blast!!!! this sexy argentine man (sorry blake haha) teaches the class...all of the girls jaws were hitting the floor haha...but we learnt a couple 8 counts today!! i'll try and put up a video of us doing it...it's SO FUN! the teacher kept getting on to rue because he was trying to sway his hips too much hahahaha so funny....he kept telling us to be passionate and sensual hahahahha it's gonna be a fun 5 weeks in there. we have to bring a handkerchief next time...i guess as a prop?
our bus on the way to tango lessons!
rue tango-ing!! haha
last night was a blast...we went into the city to meet annie, rylie and sharay (this girl from Holland) to eat dinner! we went to this restaurant called Giovani's and all got pizza (mainly because it was the only word we recognized on the menu) and rue got ravioli. all of the walls were covered in hundreds of wine bottles- almost every restaurant is like that. we went to dinner at like 8 so we were the only people in the restaurant because people dont go to dinner here until 10:30 or 11 buuuut we kinda wanted to get to bed early. after dinner, we just walked around downtown and stopped inside this place called the Irish Pub which was really cool...it was so funny because they were playing all American music and they definitely showed the "I'm on a boat" video hahaha i got a picture for you, anna! After dinner, I called my mom and she called a remese (a taxi) for rue, brett and i because she didnt want us riding the bus home at night. It was hilarious trying to tell the taxi driver how to get to our house...we could barely say it in english...buuuut, yet again, somehow we made it!
i'm the only one that has a cell phone right now...but we feel like little kids because rue and brett carry around wadded up pieces of papers in their pockets that have their mom and dad's numbers on them to call and check in when we aren't at home!
walking around the city...and annie navigating!
at dinner!
the girls in front of la plaza de independencia!
from left to right: sharay (girl from holland), rylie, me and annie
en la ciudad!
at dinner, after a glass of wine, rylie wanted to prove to us that she could fit her whole mouth over the glass: hahahahhaha
annie and rylie are at the mall right now and we wanna go meet them buuuuut arent sure what rue's doing...i think his whole house is asleep cause they wont answer the door and we dont really wanna go without him so we're checking our emails, facebooking and skyping till rue wakes up! oh and brett is having a tea party at my house right now haha...here's proof:
tonight, brett's sister and her husband are having an asado (argentine barbecue) at their house and invited rue and i -and hopefully hannah will come too! so we're doing that and then early tomorrow we are all going horseback riding in the mountains for the day!!!! i'll have pictures of all of the above as soon as i get a chance!
till then...CIAO!
this one's for you, dad!
Thanks Julia for the blog. This is the only way I can keep up with Rue because he never e-mails me. I love the pics. I look forward to reading your blog everyday. Tell Rue hello for me!!!
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