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So just a few more updates on general stuff happening here. I got placed in the intermediate 2 class, and while it isn´t the "advanced" level, ISA told us that the standards are different in Argentinian language classes and that intermediate 2 is basically at the same level as advanced Spanish in America. Also, this means that during the semester, I get to take the advanced course. Except I swear, it´s crazy because I have forgotten tons of stuff, and I keep mixing up ya and todavía (one means still like "I still have it" and the other means still like "I still don´t have it" or yet). But, I think I´m using the direct and indirect object pronouns more correctly, so yay!
Nobody here understands me, I´m not sure if I just don´t enunciate or if it´s because I pronounce stuff like a Mexican or if I just don´t talk loudly enough. But I´m pretty sure that what I say is grammatically correct, but everyone still has trouble understanding what I mean. Argh.
My teacher is Paola, so that´s cool. I´ve been getting homework, but it´s all pretty easy. My schedule is pretty well set in stone now:: wake up at about 7:30-8:00, meet Ana and Maddy (two girls who live down the street) at the empanada place on the corner, take the subway and get to school, then I have about an hour to do whatever I need to do, then class from 11-4, then stay out until about 7 or 8 when I eat dinner and do homework. I figure that when I get more settled in, I´ll also add going out at about 9:30 until whenever.
See that´s the thing about porteños (people who live in BA): they can easily stay out all night, and pretty regularly do. Like they hang out at restaurants and bars until about 2 in the morning, then from 3 to 7 when the streets are really dangerous they go to dance clubs, then hang out or eat breakfast and go to work. I finally found the secret: CAFFEINE. Seriously, these guys drink coffee, but it´s not like they chug whole starbucks cups like in America, they have itty bitty cups that manage to keep them perky the whole day.
Speaking of itty bitty, serving sizes here are incredibly small. No, that´s a lie; it´s just that if you want to save money, you can´t order a big hamburger instead of someting nutritious, the only way to save money is to order something very tiny. That´s something interesting here, is that junk food is more expensive than healthy food (probably because it´s all imported from America). But really, I´d been getting a majority of my calories from the dulce de leche that I ate with my apple, until María found out and was all "that´s so unhealthy, you shouldn´t eat that every day!" Btw dulce de leche is basically caramel, only spreadable. One final thing about junk food: the McDonald´s here have McFlurries with Milka chocolate bits in them. Milka chocolate is this pretty good chocolate brand, but they have chocolate with dulce de leche... so good, and I absolutely MUST get one of them before I leave.
Today I went to Plaza de Mayo (I incorrectly called it Plaza de congreso or something...) and got pictures, which will be uploaded when I don´t have to wake up at six in the morning, like I do tomorrow. Then, we went to Calle Florida, which is basically an upscale shopping street. But, it´s ridiculous how similar buenos Aires is to chicago. Even though all the stores are different, there are still the stupid chain stores that are EVERYWHERE and outcompete the small businesses despite having higher prices. There were three Pharmacity´s (the equivalent of Walgreens) and one Open 25 Hours (the equivalent of CVS) on only five blocks. Pics of those tomorrow, along with my trip, la Casa Rosada and also the tango class I´m taking tomorrow.