Fun Weekend

So another week has gone by. I can't believe how fast this experience going. I have already been here almost a month and a half. Crazyness.

Friday night, Kelsey, Lauren, and I had Mexican food for dinner. The place was empty when we got there and four tables of people showed up while we were there. The food was decent for Mexican food, which is hard to find in Argentina. The food was incredibly cheap for dinner. I got asado tacos and it came with 4 tacos and it was only 12 pesos, or $4. The tacos were actually really good. It was definitely worth it! The rest of the evening kind of went downhill from there. We waited at the P-dine casa to go out with people and eventually Kelsey and I left with 4 other guys. College boys are super cheap, and refuse to pay for transportation and don't want to spend any money on drinks. Our group decided to go to a pool hall, which was 20 blocks away. After getting lost and spending too long walking, we finally made it to the pool hall. Right after we sat down, the boys decided that the drinks were too expensive. They wanted to walk 20 blocks back to where we started and then take a bus in the opposite direction to meet up with some other people. By that time it was 1am and Kelsey and I were tired of wandering around so took a taxi home, which by the way, only cost us 10 pesos total, or 5 pesos (less than $2) each to go back the 20 blocks we had just spent the past hour walking.

Saturday was much better. Kelsey and I went on a picnic! I brought Peanut Butter here from the US. So we went to Coto (the grocery store here) and bought bread, chips, lemonade, and chocolate. We took the Sup-T and then walked to a park. Lovely company and delicious food. It was a fantastic lunch and it was a really beautiful day. In the afternoon, we hung out with other students at another park, and then a cafe, and then at the Casa. Kelsey and I opted out of going to the circus, where almost everyone was going, and decided to have a really good dinner out. We picked a nice place in my travel guide in Palermo Hollywood and then wandered around that area. Dinner here is late, so we went at 9PM. The food was amazing and great ambiance. Kelsey and I had wine. I had steak and mashed potatoes and Kelsey had ravioli's with cream sauce. The steak was one of the best steaks I have had in my entire life. There was sooooo much of it. Then Kelsey and I had a brownie con helado for dessert, very rich. Everything we ate tasted so good. We came back to the Casa and watched Love Actually and then went out with Travis and Andrew to a bar. It was really fun to go in a small group and just talk. I got home at 4ish in the morning. So much fun. I love how it is so easy to go out with different people here and everything is so relaxed.

Sunday, I got up and went to church by myself at 11am. It was a Catholic church three blocks from my house. The church had services at 9, 10, 11, 12:15, and two more services in the evening. I thought that the whole church wouldn't be full because the church has so many services, but it was full. I was surprised that it only lasted 45 minutes. I could understand the scripture because it was also written down in a bulletin, but the speaking and songs kind of lost me. I decided that I don't really like going to Catholic church, and that I miss singing songs I know. The church was filled mostly with older people. I was happily surprised to see that women served communion, read scripture, and lead music. I hope to attend a protestant church to try out. The rest of the day has been spent doing homework and relaxing. I have some tests this week...no fun. Next weekend I'm heading off to Iguazu falls and then next Monday, my family comes to visit!

That's all for now :)