School, Long walk, and Tango

The first few days have been insane, so I´m a little behind on the updates. I have a break in my school day and so now that I found the computer lab, let me tell you what happened yesterday (Monday the 22nd)...

After breakfast with the family Ashley (housemate) and I made our way to the Univ de Belgrano which was more than amuzing. First walk 10 blocks to the train station, assert yourself onto the train where the locals are packed like sardines, then walk 20 more minutes to school. The University is an office building with 20floors, not a college campus. Me on the 1st day of class:We took a placement test the 1st day and I landed myself in the most advanced Spanish class here... go figure. Also, Allison and Joyclin finally arrived in BA so we got to meet them (only 4 of the 6 people in our program arrived Sunday, but now we are all here).

We were totally free for the afternoon. Eric, Holly, Emily, and I went to Palermo to eat some old fashioned asado (BBQ) at Las Cholas. Then we split off, so Eric and I went downtown to the Botanical Gardens, which were ginormous! And full of stray cats; smelled of cats.
Afterward we got some alfajores (like oreos with dulce di leche) and drank tea in a bar for an hour or so until the group met up to go see the tango show. It´s great not having a busy agenda, and I might get too used to it here.

We went to Tango Complejo and learned to tango - the basics at least - then ate dinner while we watched an INCREDIBLE tango show. Really, "Dancing with the Stars" is terrible dull in comparison. And Giles is ungraceful when stacked against these tango masters. Tango in one word = Suave. There are parts that I don't like (since it comes from male violence and dominance themes) but overall I appreciate the style.