Night 1

So I'm expecting a quiet, laid back night on my first day here.... but of course it's Buenos Aires, so the following story should be somewhat expected. So after my nap, a few of us that live in the house went to lunch (3pm). I split a pizza another girl... quite delicious. The england/algeria world cup game was on in the restaurant (the place reminds me of wings, but much more upscale). After this, we all just walked around for a while, got "Guia T" (city guide to the bus system), and made it home around 6pm (meals here take quite some time)... relaxed for a couple hours (remember it gets dark early here in the winter), then had dinner at 9pm (same time every night... and doesn't end until around 11pm). The dinner conversation is always lively and funny, and generally discusses liberal issues not accepted in the U.S. (sex hotels, transvestites on the street corner... the usual). After a fantastic dinner (great convo, great food... fries and beef), we all went to a going away party for Jacky (a guy who's been here for 5 months, leaving today). Now, since it was mine and Caitlin's first day here, we weren't really planning on a long extended evening. This idea... of course didn't last. We partied the night away at another student's own apartment, with people from the U.S., Argentina, France, and Italy.... we taught them the drinking game flipcup and had a great time....the girls kicked the boys asses at flipcup... por supuesto (of course). This was a party unlike any other, equipped with entertainment such as a fight (in a language containing english/castellano/portugues/frances), extreme drama, crying, laughing, music, dancing, yelling, stumbling... the American drunk times ten... at least. The shenanigans lasted (for me, Caitlin, and Michael... who all live in the same house) until 5:00am where we were BY FAR the soberest individuals.... for the rest of the crew.... probably more like 8 or 9am this morning. I noticed my ability to speak castellano significantly improves after a few drinks... haha. We walked home (not too far) from the party... made it home by 5:30am... then SLEPT. Lets just say... that was a FANTASTIC first evening.... I'm sure there will be many more to come. It's 1:30pm here now... and we're about to leave for El Cemetario de la Recoleta. Chau!