Thursday, September 26, 2013

She Duck!

     So far classes have been good! Not too bad and not too easy, i really like most of my teachers. The funniest moment from class this week was in my composition class and one of the guys was asking how to say the legs of a table in Spanish. Apparently the word is pata which is also a duck (female) so i asked her "isn't that a duck?!" and she looks at me and starts laughing "you mean a she duck?" it was really funny. I guess it would be funnier if you had been there but anyways.
     Elena and i went out yesterday to take pictures of campus and the town and we ended up finding me a pair of cheap jeans! ...did i talk about this already? Well regardless I'm so happy to have more pants :).
   
     So far i am most excited about the dancing here. Almost everyone that i have met here knows all these cool Latin dances and they are SO good at them. A few of my fellow ACA girls know them so they have been teaching me and i dance every chance i get. I LOVE IT. My goal is to be able to know them and do them well before I leave Argentina. Also i decided i like their way of greeting. Honestly, hugging is so much more personal and the "kiss" on the cheek is still a way to break the personal space barrier without having your whole body touching the other person. I'm going to trying to start it up in the USA....it probably won't take but i can try!

     Today was a town-wide Holiday so no classes! My friend Callie woke me up at 10am and we went on a long walk. It was sooo nice! It was even sunny today. I just can't get over how much i love South America. Its nothing like i expected but i love it. It makes me think i never want to go back to the US. Speaking of Americans, for some reason it is painfully obvious that we are Americans...everywhere i go people stare or start talking about us. Its like we are a kind of novelty or something, but i guess we kind of are.  Maybe after a few months Argentina will rub off on me enough that is not so painfully obvious. Although everyone keeps saying its because i'm blonde....i could have sworn my hair was brown. What do i know though?!

   In case you want a different perspective here is the link for my friend Elena's blog. She is a great photographer (I'm learning) so maybe check out her pictures! http://veggielocomoco.blogspot.com.ar/

But here is what i have.
This is my dorm, the "new dorm" can't say how new it actually is...

The pink dorm, with the blue in the background (the pink dorm has the laundry room)

This i believe was once their church now it is.....something

Flag avenue as i like to call it

Back side of the Pink dorm

This is like a little Prayer circle or something like that

This is right outside the Portico, its the internet cafe...so if i have bad internet on Skype you know i am NOT here.

Cool iron fence outside of campus. Fences are around everything here

This is in the Plaza...this is where my friends are threatening to throw me in on my birthday....The water is actually brown...YUCK.

Colors of Spring :)

2 comments:

  1. ahhahahahha ohhhh Becca. Forgetting pants and learning how to dance!! What adventures ;) I'm so so so jealous you're learning Spanish and how to dance. You'll have to teach me.....I looooove salsa dancing but I only know a few moves! Keep up the blogging, you're hilarious and I miss you <3

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  2. Hahah i know....its always the Pants. I will happily teach you!! :)

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