Learning

I got my package today from home! I was so excited. I got cards, and clothes, and school supplies! There was a plastic bag from target in it, and I suddenly had the Target at home pictured in my head and missed it terribly!



Today in my spanish class, we had to write down a bunch of advice that you would give someone who was going to come live in Buenos Aires. And it made me realize how much I've learned. So here is the english version of the list:

1. Bring good shoes to walk in the street, because it's really dirty (I brought flip flops of course :().
2. Be careful when crossing the street (those cabs don't stop!)
3. Be prepared to have dificulty understanding the accent.
4. Learn how to use the buses, buy a Guia "T."
5. Try some good Argentine food; alfajores, empanadas, dulce de leche, and ice cream!
6. Guard you coins. Without them you can't take the bus. (yet people at the stores get pissed when you don't pay in exact change, of course I always say I don't have any change).
7. Don't go out until like 2 in the morning (I can't keep up though, they start out the night when we usually finish it).
8. Only use radio taxis.
9. Good to know: banks are only open 10am-3pm on weekdays.
10. Don't plan on getting anywhere at the time they say they open, they won't be.
11. There is no peanut butter in the ENTIRE COUNTRY.
12. Gaurd your belongings when going to Retiro, people wanna rob you.

haha, okay not that extreme. But anyways that is all for now. Can you believe I know how to use a taxi, bus, and train in this huge city? I still need to conquer the subte though.

Chao!