I was disappointed that we were not able to go to Uruguay over the weekend but the Zoo and River Boat tour were fun. This week was a short week at school, since Thursday is Argentinian Independence Day and Friday my group leaves for Iguazu Falls.
Monday
Today at school was normal and after school Emily, Holly, Jay, and I went to Chinatown in search of peanut butter. Apparently, portenos consider PB&J one of the strangest food concoctions on earth but we, being North Americans, were craving it. We found some Skippy brand peanut butter in the "International Food" section of the Chinese grocery store and also visited some neat urban art sites.
Many things are closing down due to the Swine Flu including theaters, some sporting events, and even our tango lessons this week. So Monday night I spent at home with the family and played cards with Susana.Tuesday
After school Jeff (tour guide Jeff, as opposed to director Jeff), showed us the Casa Rosada (President's house, again) and the Congressional Building.
We also walked down Corrientes, one of the main streets in the city, and ended up at El Ataneo - one of the coolest libraries I have ever seen. It was an old fashioned theater, now turned bookstore that is 3 stories and has a coffee shop where the "stage" is. There was also a whole section of books dedicated to soccer, where I spent most of my time. 
WednesdayWe discussed the interpretation of dreams in class today, since we read a story by Borges and he likes to mix dreams and reality in his writing. It was exciting to talk about psychology in Spanish, (I knew more than I thought since most of the terms are Latin anyway) and my teacher ate it up. After school Eric and I tried to take a bus to Boca but ended up meandering and eating pizza in a cafe instead. We planned to go to Boca the next day since we had no school.
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