Well, a few days to catch up...Friday I got up at 9am and dragged my tired self to a cafe to do my homework and so I didn't have to get i the way of the lady cleaning the apartment. It was just around the corner from me and I had a tostada, cafe, jugo de naranja, agua mineral - all for about 10 bucks. Then, I went to class. I was going to take a nap when I forgot Sean and Aida wanted to go to the vegetarian place. So off we went...still just as good as I remembered. After a huge lunch, we all basically lounged in our apartments for te rest of the day. I caught up on my blog a bit (feels like I'll never finish it) and watched a couple of movies...I had a bit of a nap bu it was interrupted by Pablo calling me and wanting to see me that night...and he did. We went downtown and walked for a bit down Lavalle, which is very pedestrian, like Florida and within about 2 blocks or 3 there must have been like 5 movie theatres! We had empanadas somewhere quick - mine was chicken with egg in it - I didn't know there would be egg in it...but apparently they do that. We took the colectivo (oh how i dislike it) back to Palermo. At my place, we watched a bit of the movie "Panic Room" because there were Spanish subtitles even though it was in English! Fits both worlds.
Saturday, Sean and Aida and I went to Recoleta Cemetery. I was going to go to the Evita museum, but when they said they wanted to see the cemetery, I was like Vamos! We walked there down Avenida Las Heras and wandered into the Botanical Gardens first - it's right near us. They were beautiful...and will be more beautiful when the flowers come out. There are trees I've never seen before...and huge aloes! I got a few pictures - oh, and lo and behold, tons of cats...yay!!! I love cats. Anyway we probably walked for about over an hur to get to the Recoleta cemetery. It still takes my breath away everytime I walk in. Poor Aida decided to stick her head in a mausoleum with a busted door and got a huge whiff of mould that her mind combined with rotting corpse and thank goodness she didn't get sick....We wandered around in there for over an hour...some mausoleums are very well kept - fresh plants and flowers - we found one with pictures of every member of he family, including the dog who was in a coffin and had died 3 months ago. Some mausoleums (that I hadn't seen before) had a big door, like a cellar, that lead down into an enormous room in the ground - like an Egyptian tomb. A cat walked close to me and was sniffing a water tap and I turned it on a bit for him...so he climbs ontop and tarts drinking it upside down. Poor thing was thirsty and people passing by took pictures...it was pretty cute. We had coffee at a "Delicity" nearby with medialunas and tostadas (I have to stop eating those) then walked back. That night we went for steak at "Estancia" in Las Canitas...the barrio next to Palermo which is pretty residential with quite a few bars on the main drag. I had sweet potato friest (batatas fritas) and steak (lomo) in a mustard pepper sauce (mostaza con pimiento) - paid less than 30 buck including alcohol and dessert! Did I ever sleep like a baby that night...
Sunday, the 3 of us met up with Pablo again and we had medialunas and cafe at Delicity near Sean and Aida's place. Then, we took the colectivo to Puerto Madero and near it is the Reserva Ecologia which is a huge reserve with the river at one end - and honestly, there is now ay yu can see Uruguay on the other side. We had just started to drink mate when the park patrol came along and told everyone to leave because the park was closing. So we drank mate as we were walking. Seeing as Pablo was telling us that the park outside the Reserve was known for cakes, Aida was itching for cake. We had already had so muc sugar - we wonder what the incidence of diabetes is here. We waited in line for tortas (cakes), probably for like 20 min. or so. I had a ricotta cheesecake with dulce de leche. But now we know why Argentinians are so hyper -because of all the sugar. By the time we got back on the colectivo, we were all pretty burnt out from all the sugar. The four of us had dinner in - Sean made a freakin' delicious chicken alfredo - the alfredo being from scratch, mind you. It was so rich! And of course, being the salad queen that I am, I made an enormous salad that took me as long as it took Sean to make the alfredo. But nothing but compliments to both chefs :)
Today, Monday, is the first day of Spring. The flowers are everywhere..guess Im in the right place...ha! Young lovers are all over the place with flowers - I decided to buy myself some daisies. They are absolutely beautiful - and smile at me as I'm sitting here. I went to a cafe after class - the food was terrible! I think the place was called Kentucky on the corner of Santa Fe and 2 blocks from where my street hits Santa Fe. My tostada wasn't toasted (ew) - it was basically just whit bread with no crusts and ham and cheese in the middle - even mustard didn't help. So I got an empanada and it was cold! Arg! I wont be going there again. I had a job interview with Capacitacion en Ingles-they're doing a new pilot program completely in English that would basically be an English immersion program for companies who need their employees to learn English whether for business or travel. I'm slightly concerned because the interview was only 5 mintues. I realized after the fact that may not be a good sign. I met up with Aida after and took the deposit for Larry's rental in Feb. to the guy for the apartment. It was he that told me that I may have been discriminated against within that short period of time. It never occurred to me to take them out (piercings). Ian advised me to take them out if I have an interview for anything else. That aside, Aida and I went to take the deposit and then went to "Jumbo" searching for measuring cups for Aida and scissors for me. Well, we found a cheap measuring bowl - and the scissors were too damn expensive. But this was huge...bigger than Carrefour maybe. Plants and outdoor stuff on the bottom - oh, after you go through a mini mall - and then uptairs is food and home decor - furniture too, I think. We wandered around there for awhile. I bought herbs that I can grow in my kitchen and candle holders for the tealights Dad and Larry bought me. Afterwards, wehad dinner at their house again - mmmm more alfredo - but the salad, alas, was in my fridge. We had some great chorizo - it's better than salami and you put it on crackers with cheese spread we bought - it as camembert. Mmmm so good - and we locked at clubs to go to this Saturday...super stoked.
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