Random Update!

I remember hearing a lot before I came here, to expect a lot of downtime when you study abroad--not to expect to be constantly on the move or doing something.
False. 
I've been here three weeks and I feel like I've hardly sat down! Perhaps it's because things are just now settling into a routine, but I'm not so sure they'll ever calm down much! Not when you're living in one of the coolest cities in the world... I have a list of so many things I want to do before I leave, and I'm already worrying that I won't have time to get to them all!



I finally got all my classes sorted out--what a relief that was!
I cried uncle on the International Politics class. ...as I sat there at 8:02am with a sleepy mind trying to process the rapid and soft-spoken Spanish being thrown at me regarding the fiscal policies of various  European countries I just... I just knew that wasn't going to happen.



So I sat nicely in the back of the class til break and then excused myself and went home.

So now my schedule looks like this:

World Economic Geographic

International Marketing

Urban Fictions: Latin American Cities

Latin American Cinema

And the earliest one is at 2:30pm :] that's my kind of schedule! It's turning out to be a heck of a lot of reading though... I'm afraid I'm just going to be reading my textbooks all the time! All of my professors are really cool though, and I made some friends with some of the Argentinian students in my class. (We had to do a group project and I actually contributed, how smart am I?? :] )


So basically when I'm not in class, I wander around and find a good panadería or café to study in (I found one the other day where you can buy your own personal tea party for less than $4. It was adorable! I'll take a picture next time I go.) There are also a ton of parks for studying... Sydney and I brought some blankets and spent a few hours in our favorite: Las Barrancas de Begrano one afternoon. It was such a perfect day! --->

Time is flying by--I've got a pretty packed weekend (Salsa club, meeting, language exchange, weekend fair, class project, reading...), and on top of it all I have to finish getting stuff together for our trip! 

I don't think I've told you yet, but on Wednesday I'm leaving with three of my friends for a 13 day trip to Mendoza, Valparaiso, Viña del Mar, and Santiago! It's going to be CRAZY. 

Well I've got to run (and get some caffeine before I head out for the night!), but I'll leave you with this picture of my favorite Bean skyping me, like the sweet bean she is.

CHAO.