Crazy day! Shopping in Palermo!

Palermo is seriously awesome. I just need to start off saying that. :)

-Shopping in Palermo
-Getting semi-lost around Recoleta
-SUSHI FOR DINNER!!!!

So today we were given the option of going to a talk from a psychiatric hospital or just doing things on our own. If you know me, it's rather easy to guess that I decided to sleep in and do my own thing today. ;)

The plan for today was to visit a "Hippie Fair", which sounds like a big flea market, but better. It DEFINITELY lived up to any expectations I had. I was pretty much in heaven. I'm sure you all know how much I love shopping and crafts... combine the two and I'm on cloud nine. :)

I'm going to try to integrate pictures into my blog from now on, if I take enough pics. I get really nervous about taking my camera out in public, especially here because theft is very common....
.....Just kidding. the internet is SUPER slow here, so pictures on my blog with have to wait. :/
I'll try again some other time. :)

Anyway, I kind of overdid it on the shopping, haha. I purchased another purse [I regret nothing!!!!] some necklaces and a cup for Mate [a type of South American tea, which I am hoping to bring back lotsss of. :DDD. it's so darn delicious. :) ]. I can't decide if I like the cup or the bag more, haha.

We actually spent a lot of time in Palermo today! Our plan was to walk around the entire flea market-ish area, then go back around and purchase things after we saw all there was to buy. It was super fun. :)

After shopping to my heart's content, we went to a coffee shop to chill for a bit. I ordered a honey dew milkshake and french fries with cheese. It was delicious. :)
I need to point out, if I haven't already, what it is like to dine in Buenos Aires. It. Takes. Forever. I understand that I am on vacation, and I should attempt to enjoy every aspect of my trip... but this is borderline ridiculous for me, haha. First you sit down, and wait for the waiter to acknowledge your presence, then they bring you menus. After 10-15 mins they come back and take your order... then you wait for your food to come out. After you are done eating, they will take at least 30 mins to come back and ask if you are ready for the check. Yes, 30 mins after you've taken your last bite of food, I am more than positive it is time for you to go. The check will arrive in probably 10-15 minutes, then you will pay. The waiter or waitress might wait for you to pay, then take another 10-15 minutes getting you your card/change back.
It's honestly a pain. I don't really care to go out to eat here... but seeing as I am pretty skittish about using our gas stove, I might have to be content with eating out or horrible microwaved food, hahaha. Lizette explained it to me this way: "Only in the U.S. is everything fast!", well, call my typical, but I think I like that about the U.S.
I can still savor my food in about an hour, instead of 3. ;)

Alright, I'm done with that rant. Haha. :)

After Palermo, we went back to the apartment, because I somehow forgot to take my allergy medicine and was feeling horrible. There was something in my milkshake that I was allergic to... Oh well, it still tasted delicious! But yea, we had to go back to the apartment so I could sleep for a bit. I didn't feel well at all. :/

Once I woke up we decided to get more food. Hahaha, our trip has basically been revolving around food a lot. Brad, Lizette and I came to the general consensus that we really didn't want to eat pizza again, so we began our quest for a different type of cuisine. After walking a few blocks away from the apartment, we ran into a Japones Sushi place!!! [Japanese]. It looked sooo cute, but it wouldn't open for another 20 minutes.

In the meantime, we decided to walk to Lizette's homestay so she could tell her homestay family that she would be out for a while. We were alright on the way there, but on the way back? Oh my gosh. We were a bit lost, haha.

*Side note: Lizette's homestay is SUPER cute! Everything is teenie tiny compared to the U.S. Rather than being a house, it's kind of like a bunch of townhomes connected together, but not really? I don't know how to explain it. Here are some cute things about her homestay: the doorways were all perfectly sized for me! I didn't have to duck or anything. I feel like it was a house made just for me!!!! [I'm 5"1 or 5"2 in case anyone forgot...], the stairs seemed to be an after thought of the house, so they were tucked into the corners of rooms and stuff. Lizette said it reminds her of a tree house, and I can totally see it. :))
Oh! We also tried the most delicious dulce de leche at her homestay. It was soooo good. I want to know the brand so I can bring some back! :D
I also saw that her homestay had a veryyyyy old UNL Husker ornament! I took a picture with it to show my mom. :)

Anyway, back to being lost. :/ We ended up walking soooo much, asking for directions, then getting a bit lost again. it wasn't the most fun part of the day, but I definitely think it's a necessary part of being someplace new. :)

The sushi place was sooo nice! I bought a hot Philadelphia roll, and some other roll. It was seriously good. Brad also bought two rolls [avocado and something else?], and Lizette had a hot passion roll and some salmon rolls. Ugh, I've missed sushi. So delicious. Mmmm. :)

After repeating the process of waiting and everything for the waiter to give us our check and pay and all, we just haled a cab and went home. I insisted on the cab, because I didn't want to walk all the way to Lizette's apartment again [lazy, I know... but it was 1.2 miles one way, and we'd have to walk back to our apartment afterward. Noooo thank you!]

So yes, today was a very fun and crazy day! Tomorrow we're going to try to go to El Tigre, a rain forest. I am soooo excited! However, I'm still not feeling very well, so please hope for me to feel better in time for me to get some sweet rain forest action!!! :DDD ;)
hahaha

Buenas Noches, mi corazonsitos!!!!