Settling In

Hola todos!

So after my tour, I returned to my apartment by way of the Subte, which is the equivalent of the T in Boston, like the red line, or the Metro in Washington, DC. It´s very easy to use and I was able to figure out my way home very easily.
That night, I ate dinner, which is called ¨cena¨here, with my host family around nine/nine-thirty. The meal was delicious - steak with some form of potato bread that was really really good. During the dinner, we talked about the economic crisis in the United States. Sometimes, it was difficult to come up with the right words in espanol, but I was able to tell them about the perspectives of the Americans in general regarding the bailout and the stimulus package. After the dinner, we watched a movie together before heading to bed. It was a long day and I was pretty tired, but I´m going to have to adjust my sleeping patterns. Argentines usually stay up most of the night, till about 6 or 7, especially on the weekends.
On Sunday, we didnt have any official activities for my program, so I woke up pretty late, around noon, which was actually pretty early compared to the rest of my family here. Then in the afternoon, I took a walk to FLACSO which is the center of our program. It´s only about twenty minutes by walking from my apartment which is perfect for me to get there easily. I also had a slight scare with the bank and my atm card. Because the machine was functioning in espanol, I always hit the wrong button when it asked about my accounts and then would reject my card. I came close to panicking a bit, before I realized there was a way to change the language to English, which I did (even though I know it´s bad) and then finally was able to get my card to work---relief!
That night we had cena together which was a Columbian dish. My host madre is from Colombia. The meal was rice, potatoes, pork and black beans and it was delicious. That night I went to bed pretty early because I knew that we had a long day at FLACSO.
On Monday, I headed to FLACSO where we learned all about the classes and the way in which we register for them. In the afternoon, we had a written spanish exam to see how well we knew the language. Then, my friend realized that Georgetown was playing Louisville that night on ESPN, so a group of us Georgetown kids headed to the bar, El Alamo, in order to watch the game.
The game turned out to be a big disappointment unfortunately as Georgetown lost. The bar was pretty crowded, but it was still a great time and it was nice to be able to watch the Georgetown game with other students from Georgetown. Because the game ended at 12 o´clock our time in Buenos Aires, I taxied back to my apartment, which was very inexpensive, and went to bed.

Oh and I wanted to share a funny story about my time in Buenos Aires. I keep having a difficult time recognizing my apartment complex and twice I´ve tried to enter the wrong one, once I tried my key in the doorway of the wrong one, only to find out that it was the wrong one. Oops. The second time the door to an apartment complex was open so I just walked in, thinking it was mine before I realized that it was actually the one two doors down from mine. Oops again. I´ll learn soon though.

Today, we had an oral exam in Spanish which I think went pretty well. I think we get the results tomorrow or the next day so I should know where I stand when that happens for registering for my classes down here. I should be back to post again soon. Hope all is well! Nos vemos!