The 3 R's

As Jack Johnson puts it, reduce - reuse - recycle. When I lived in Corrientes, I learned something important about Argentina... If something is dirty, they clean it. If something is broken, they fix it. Simple right?

One day in Corrientes I couldn't find my white flip flops. Quite problematic, despite the fact that they were no longer pearly white. I finally found them outside, as the cleaning lady thought they were the host mom's and cleaned them. My flip flops were so white that I barely recognized them! Maybe it's just me, but in the US I just buy new white flip flops every summer.... What a waste when I could be reducing my shoe collection (at least not expanding it), while reusing the flip flops I already have.

I also bought my favorite pair of black boots in Corrientes, but one of the heels broke off as I was walking to Meet the Firms in the MU. :( unexpected and unfortunate, but I had hope that my shoe repair guy could fix it. No such luck, he told me to buy a new pair. Not as easy as it sounds... I am super picky and hate making decisions. I finally bought some, but rarely wear them because they aren't as comfortable. Then my friend told me to take my broken boots with me when I went to Argentina and what would you know, the shoe repair guy was like no problem. He put new heels on both of the boots and new soles, all for a mere $25!! I love Argentina!

So long sweet summer

I registered for classes on Sunday at midnight and they started Monday. The best part is that they are only Monday - Thursday and in the afternoon. :-) perfect!

I should be on the brochure ;-)

So far they seem to be interesting ... Although my social economy class was cancelled on Tuesday because the professor was in France. I can see my tango class easily being my favorite and my political class the worst. The teacher mumbles in a monotone voice and is very open about what party he belongs to and has said that the class may or may not bash Americans.... Not to mention that half the class are native speakers from Spain or Mexico.

They don't buy textbooks here...just photocopies. And since this is Argentina, the professors told us to go to specific copy shops, but they never had the material for the classes (or it was material from 2 years ago). After checking all of the different copy shops they sent us to, no luck. There were literally hundreds of foreign students trying to figure out where to get their materials. I finally got one of my class materials ordered yesterday and it was only $25! I could get used to that :-)

I also joined the volleyball team and that has been fun! Note to self: don't go months without exercising and then decide to play volleyball 2 days a week and run the day in between. Your body will not be happy with you...

 

I've moved!

I am back from vacation(s) and I think I will actually stay put for awhile. ;-) Between buses (how everybody in Argentina travels), I also managed to move. For all my letter-writing friends, my new address is:

Juramento 1101

Capital Federal CP 1428

Argentina

If you aren't a fan of writing letters you should be! Who doesn't love getting old-fashioned snail mail and then sitting down with pen and paper, yes that's right...pen and paper, to respond?! I myself am a fan of sending postcards. Everybody can get a kick out of the cheesy postcard backgrounds that somebody designed.