Sorry for the delay in updates! I suppose I have been busy, although it doesn’t feel like it. Today, I went to Spanish class where we reviewed for our test on Monday. She kept saying, “El horrible examen.” But then she would laugh, so I am assuming the test isn’t going to be too bad. I know what I need to be studying, so that’s good enough I suppose.
After class Bridget and I decided to get some empanadas (she ended up getting a tarta… torte…almost quiche-like?) and afterwards we went and made an appointment to get massages a week from Friday! We’re pretty excited about this. They are so cheap here, plus, it’ll be great to get the day before we leave. It’s sad to think about how close that day is…so I won’t. Moving along…
I went home after that and Serri and I randomly decided to go see Harry Potter. It’s playing at a theater close to where we live, so we were able to walk over there. Before the movie, we went to my love, Freddo. I discovered that at this Freddo, they have chocolate suizo as well…that’s the flavor I got at Munchi’s a few nights ago. Well, I got it…and it was…wonderful. I mean, it blew Muchi’s out of the water. Poor Freddo, how did I ever doubt our love!? =) I even think it might even be my new favorite flavor, lol. I just don’t know what I am going to do without Freddo in my life once I leave. =)
After Freddo we went to the cine (theater). This cine (which is in the Village Recoleta shopping center) is one of the nicest ones I have ever seen. It’s three stories and has about 20ish theaters. On Wednesday, they show movies for only 15 pesos, which is a little less than $5 US. And it was totally worth it! We had to wait in a line and when we got tickets the lady was, of course, speaking in Spanish somewhat fast and I couldn’t understand her. So she pulled out a seating chart and so we figured out that she was asking us where to sit. She pointed to three different places, and they were all within the first two rows of the theater and they looked as if they weren’t even next to each other. So I was trying to tell her that we didn’t care, but she got frustrated and was like, “Uno, dos, tres?” and kept saying it and pointing to the three spots. So I finally had to say, “Dos.” Then she looked at me and said, (translated) “Here? The screen is right there (points to the where the screen is).” I had chosen the second row in the middle. The other was the first row middle, or the second row over on the side…it’s not like I had any other better options….sigh. We finally got our tickets and continued on our movie cine adventure!
Our theater was downstairs and it was really crowded (obviously since we only had a limited choice of seating). The movie was really good. I realized afterwards that I hadn’t seen the fifth Harry Potter with Kelsey yet (he and I have been working our way through all of them)…but I wasn’t too confused about anything. Over all it was fun to watch, even if it was a couple hours long.
After the movie we went to eat dinner at a local restaurant. Serri’s friend Ivanna meet up with us there and we all had a plate of gnocchi (spelled ñoqui here). It’s a pasta dish, made with potatoes. It’s not my favorite, but I think I might have mentioned last month that it’s an Argentine tradition to eat gnocchi on the 29th of every month to celebrate having money. When someone starts hosting gnocchi parties, it’s traditional for the dinner guests to put money under their plate, and the host is then supposed to use that money to buy the gnocchi for the next month. Elsa made it for me last month, but she wasn’t able to this month, therefore, we went out and got some, to keep up with tradition! I don’t know if gnocchi is something I want to keep eating though. It’s good…but almost too much gooey pasta (I know, I can’t believe I said it either!) But it is fun to have traditions!
After dinner…we went back home…and that was my day. Again, not a very exciting one, but at least I am enjoying my time and keeping busy! I have a long day planned tomorrow, so I will update about it shortly!
Un beso!
That is right, when you were in Argentina the Village Recoleta was still open. Now, let me tell you so all the tourists there know, it is closed bect is being restored. The apartment for rent in buenos aires I´ve got is very close and apparently they are going to make an even bigger mall. Don´t worry, there are still other shoppings you can go: Abasto, Alto Palermo and Galerias Pacifico.
ReplyDeleteCheers,
Kim