Watch out, Buenos Aires!
I haven't been blogging a lot because I don't have internet in my house and it is slightly awkward to blog in an internet cafe because it always feels like there are people reading over your shoulder.
Right now, I am actually in Buenos Aires. We found that classes don't start classes until next week and so rather than sitting in my house and freezing, another girl from the Middlebury program and I decided to visit Buenos Aires. We got here on Monday and are staying until Thursday. Ximena, the girl I am with is American, but her parents are Argentinian and Colombian, so she speaks Spanish really well and is somewhat familiar with Buenos Aires. We ate lunch with her grandmother today. I met up with Joachim yesterday (we lived together in the Spanish House) and we went out to eat with some of his friends. Tonight, I am sleeping in Kolbe's (another girl from Middlebury) room and tomorrow we are spending the night at Ximena's friend's house. I am also going to try to meet up with Pablo (who I also lived with in the Spanish House and who is from Buenos Aires) for lunch tomorrow.
Buenos Aires is a beautiful city. Ximena and I wandered around it today and did some shopping and sigh-seeing. We figure since we're not allowed to be tourists in Montevideo, we might as well get it out of our systems here. Tomorrow, we're planning on taking a tour of the Teatro Colon. Being in Buenos Aires, however, has made me very glad that I decided to study in Montevideo. Montevideo is much smaller and feels a lot more manageable. There is only a bus system and no subway, which makes it easier to navigate. It is also possible to walk just about everywhere. My school is about a 40-minute walk, so when the weather warms up I will probably walk to and from class everyday. I am signed up to take Linguistic Theory IV and Historical Linguistics, which both sound like they should be great courses! I am also going to check out Arabic IV, although I have no idea what level of difficulty it will be, but I am going to go to the first class and see what happens.
Well, that's about it for now. Wandering through Buenos Aires trying to speak Spanish all day is quite taxing, although very fun.
I love and miss you all very much.
Right now, I am actually in Buenos Aires. We found that classes don't start classes until next week and so rather than sitting in my house and freezing, another girl from the Middlebury program and I decided to visit Buenos Aires. We got here on Monday and are staying until Thursday. Ximena, the girl I am with is American, but her parents are Argentinian and Colombian, so she speaks Spanish really well and is somewhat familiar with Buenos Aires. We ate lunch with her grandmother today. I met up with Joachim yesterday (we lived together in the Spanish House) and we went out to eat with some of his friends. Tonight, I am sleeping in Kolbe's (another girl from Middlebury) room and tomorrow we are spending the night at Ximena's friend's house. I am also going to try to meet up with Pablo (who I also lived with in the Spanish House and who is from Buenos Aires) for lunch tomorrow.
Buenos Aires is a beautiful city. Ximena and I wandered around it today and did some shopping and sigh-seeing. We figure since we're not allowed to be tourists in Montevideo, we might as well get it out of our systems here. Tomorrow, we're planning on taking a tour of the Teatro Colon. Being in Buenos Aires, however, has made me very glad that I decided to study in Montevideo. Montevideo is much smaller and feels a lot more manageable. There is only a bus system and no subway, which makes it easier to navigate. It is also possible to walk just about everywhere. My school is about a 40-minute walk, so when the weather warms up I will probably walk to and from class everyday. I am signed up to take Linguistic Theory IV and Historical Linguistics, which both sound like they should be great courses! I am also going to check out Arabic IV, although I have no idea what level of difficulty it will be, but I am going to go to the first class and see what happens.
Well, that's about it for now. Wandering through Buenos Aires trying to speak Spanish all day is quite taxing, although very fun.
I love and miss you all very much.
posted by Cata @ 1:32 AM
2 Comments:
At Wed Aug 09, 09:38:00 AM,
Unknown said…
CATA!!!!!
i miss you!!
sounds like you are having a good time. hope it all continues to go well. love you like whoa!
p.s. did you know caleb was a linguistics major focusing on ASL before he had to stop college?
At Wed Aug 09, 01:39:00 PM,
Laura said…
Sounds like you are doing fantasmically! Tell Kolbe I say hi. And good luck in Arabic!
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