Yea, the past few days have been sooo much fun! It's so difficult to describe something that's super fun, you know? But I'll try. :D
Side note: Sorry my blog has been sucking so much lately!!! hahahahaaha
Sunday: El Tigre
-bus and train ride
-shopping!
Monday:
-Class
-Bomba de tiempo
Tuesday:
-Class
-Going to Pallermo Hollywood
Sunday was very enjoyable, but it was a lot like last weekend, just at a different place. We went to a nearby city to go shopping... everything was so cheap!!!! I had a blast, mainly because I loveee to shop! Typical girl, right?
The most challenging part of the day was waking up suuuper early and catching a bus. I don't really care for buses [although I love the idea of public transportation lol], and we've come to an agreement that mornings just aren't my thing... so yea, not the most ideal morning for me, you know? Hahaha :)
Anyway, we took the bus to a train station, then took a train to the actual town. We decided to go this route because the train travels by the ocean and is more scenic in general. This was a bit of a fail because by the time we got on the train, there were no more seats... so my view was out of a window COVERED in graffiti. Normally I like graffiti, but because it messed up my view, I wasn't too happy about it. Haha.
I didn't really see anything in the town besides the INSANE market. I was in heaven without even seeing half of the market! Oh well. I had fun. :)
Here's something interesting/gross: I was actually charged to use toilette paper at one bathroom in El Tigre. What?!?!? And it was gross. ugh. Thank goodness I brought my travel lysol.
Monday:
I was placed in a new class on Monday, which I'm not too entirely crazy about. It's a lot more difficult than my other class because the teacher actually doesn't know English... so it's a curtousy to speak in Spanish around her, and we're not allowed to speak English more than 4-5 times a day. She keeps track. Ugh.
At least I will learn more Spanish in a less amount of time, right? :)
The best part about Monday was going to a concert called Bomba de Tiempo!!!!! It was seriously INSANE! <3
Basically there were 15 percussionists lined up onstage playing various beats for 2 hours. We were only there for about an hour, but I can't wait to go again! I had sooo much fun!!!! There was a guy conducting the percussionist, which was pretty darn amazing. I don't know, if you have any musical background or appreciation for percussion, THIS is where you'd want to be. It was phenomenal. It was a lot like a huuuge drum circle. :D
I had a really hard time not dancing hahaha.
Oh, they also brought out the funkiest trumpet!!! I wanted to buy a cd soooo bad, but they didn't sell any at the concert. Booo!
Gosh, my description doesn't do the concert justice at all. I wish I could bring the experience back to the US with me. :/
Great news: their music it on itunes!!! :D
After the concert, my group of friends and I went to an after party with a live band. It was a reggae cover band, which was a-okay with me! :D
It wasn't the best quality, especially when the singer was attempting to sing in English without really knowing the words in English... Trust me, I laughed a LOT over it, hahaha. Oh well, at least she has a cool enough band to actually be in a club and get people hyped! So yea, that was a great night. :))))
Tuesday:
Class was super nondescript, so I will just skip that... hahaha.
In the evening, I hung out with a lot of my friends from the program. We started off just socializing at a friends' apartment, then we went to a barrio [section of the city] called "Pallermo Hollywood" and went to a bar.
I've never really seen the appeal of a bar, but I finally understand: tourists and creepy old men congregate to socialize. Just kidding. A bit.
But yea, it was really super fun and I made friends with the bartender, which was very interesting considering the massive language barrier. :)
I enjoyed hanging out with so many of the ECELA program students. :D
It's finally hitting me that this is basically the only time we'll ever be together, and that thought it making me quite sad. I've made so excellent friendships on this trip, and although I've only been here for 2.5 weeks, I definitely feel like I've been through a LOT with these kiddos. :)
I know I will be more than ready to go home [when the time comes], but it will be rather sad to leave such a cool group of people.
Alright, enough Debbie Downer moments, hahaha.
I knowwww I need to blog about today, but I watched the last Harry Potter movie tonight, and I feel like that needs it's own post at the very least.
And I am sleepy... so yea, I'm skipping blogging... again! So horrible!
Buenas noches!!!!
<333333Regina [to make up for all the love you guys haven't been getting on my blog. sorry!]
:)
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