Well, today…was a long day. I don’t even know how else to put it, but I suppose that when you are awake from 10 am to 5 am, well…long is a good way to describe it. =)
I woke up at nine o’clock because Expanish had finally decided to get a tour together for our class. In our syllabus we had for our politics class (and our culture one for that matter) we were supposed to go on various “field trips” to museums and other buildings around town. The first couple of weeks we asked about them and they kept getting “scheduled” but nothing ever became official, so we basically just forgot about it. Earlier this week we received an email saying that they had scheduled a tour and we were meeting at 10am today. So that’s what we did.
It was nice being in a tour with only five of us, and it was much easier to hear our guide (Nacho!...short for Ignacio) tell us all the stories. We met at Plaza de San Martín and he told us about the history of the place and some buildings around it. (Don’t ask me to repeat any of it for you, lol). Our first stop after that was Palacio Paz. I always thought that it meant “
After that, we walked around some more. She showed us a few more rooms before we walked into…the grand ballroom! I definitely wasn’t expecting it, so it was quite a surprise. Every room we had been in had been beautiful, but of course, this beat them all. It was a circular room with a great ceiling and a balcony and I can’t remember the last time I wanted to wear a ball gown and heels that badly! I took photos (well, Thomas took a lot of them. He lost his camera…not good…so I let him take photos with my camera, which was nice not having to worry about taking the right photos) so they’ll be on Facebook soon…hopefully. Lol
After our tour of the Palace, we went to Plaza De Mayo, where I’ve been plenty of times before. We went to the Cabildo museum, which told some history about the Revolt in 1810…or something like that. There were artifacts from the old days and what not…like a museum normally has. Obviously it wasn’t anything that amazed me since I have no more to say about it, lol.
We continued to a cathedral that was in Plaza de Mayo. I don’t know the name of the cathedral, and didn’t really understand why it was so interesting (other than the fact that it was a cathedral, so of course it was beautiful inside, lol) until we discovered that it’s where the remains of General San Martín are kept. It’s a really high crypt (I don’t know if that’s the proper word you use or not, but I used it just the same) and there are actually two guards at the door. They were dressed all fancy like and had swords. I took a photo. =)
After the cathedral, we headed towards our school which was quite a walk. On our way there we stopped at the Evita museum which is held in a random building…it turns out, it wasn’t really that random, because I guess it was where she worked when she was alive…maybe? Something like that…but there were no signs outside that I noticed saying, “Come see the exhibit!” and it wasn’t very big…so I guess it’s not the Evita museum…maybe just a Evita museum. Hmmm…
Then, we were starving by this point (none of us had eaten since before ten and it was two o’clock). We were late to class as well, but since it wasn’t our fault, we all decided to stop and get food anyways. =) We arrived in class about fifteen minutes late, but our professor was really cool about it. It was our first time back in our cultural class and I was pretty excited about it. However, I didn’t factor in how tired I would be from the four hours of walking we did just before. It was so hard to stay awake! But, when he finally gave us a break, he didn’t show back up in the class for about an hour, so that was a great break to have. But then he kept us over about twenty minutes, which, long break or not, doesn’t make any student happy. The class itself was good though, and I was able to follow along and understand most of it. He enunciates his words so much better than the Politics professor and he speaks a lot slower, so apparently that makes a lot of difference! =)
After class, Thomas and I walked down near the
After that we went back to my place and I let Thomas finish off the gnocchi I had brought home last night. He had never had them before, and he liked him. So yay for good gnocchi experiences! =) After he left I had been planning on taking a nap before going out with Bridget to Club Lost again. (That’s the same place we went to last week where we had so much fun!) I ended up talking to Derek who has been getting sick, so I went over to his place and took him some medicine. (Yeah, no naps for me! Lol). My mom packed a pharmacy for me to bring over here, so I was able to give him something. Obviously, since he wasn’t feeling well, he didn’t go out dancing with us. We met up with some of our other friends and went out. Somehow, someone remembered the name of a website to mention at the door and so we were on “the list”. This means…I didn’t have to pay to get into the club, which was pretty exciting. I mean, can’t you just imagine how it feels to walk up to the lady with the clip board and say, “I’m on this list…here’s my name, here’s five of my friends.” And she said, “Okay, go in.” Oh yes, it was quite nice, lol.
Once inside, we got to coat check and then hit the dance floor! I didn’t dance for nearly as long this week, maybe two hours, if that. I got tired pretty early though and I took a cab home around 4:30. =) I don’t know if I would ever get used to saying that I have been staying out that late. I mean, here it is apparently normal and my host mom doesn’t think anything of it…but I think that even if I were to stay here longer, I would still not be able to get over it. It’s too much fun…although, I am pretty tired. It’s okay though! Just one more week and I’ll be heading home to normal time! =)
And that’s all for today. I hope you are all doing well! I love you and miss you! Un beso!
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