The month of April. We've already had two breaks this month and we have a third longer break coming up. During the breaks, it gets really empty around the residence hall, because everyone goes back to their hometowns and the American students go to the places that we want to visit like neighboring countries and what not. The city empties out pretty well too, because if there are two breaks, and a few days of work between, I guess it's socially acceptable to skip work and just combine it into one long break.
This past weekend I decided to visit Mar del Plata, which is a beach town about 5 hours outside the city. It was really cute and laid back, and it's supposed to be a tourist area for Argentines, so that's why they chose it. The group had planned on going to the beach, but as I mentioned before, it's getting cold outside, and it ended up being cold and raining the day they tried to go to the beach. Much of the weekend was spent at the arcade, which was really fun/cool. I guess the one advantage of hanging out with guys is you have the chance to get back to the kid in you. I am so bad at ping pong, but they were patient with me lol. But I kick a** at Air Hockey, so it's all good. I took some really good photos, had a beach hot dog, slept in.
One night we went to look for the bars, and we ended up walking for about two hours not even realizing it. We finally got there and they had live music and fresh Orange Juice. We also went to a casino. And I was pretty sure you couldn't take photos in there, but I wasn't completely sure, and we're in another country, so I just tried it. Also, the security at the front saw me walk in with a camera. I started videotaping Jack, and within 6 seconds, there were three security guards trying to explain that I couldn't take photos.
Next week is the volleyball tournament in Uruguay. I'm super pumped to hang out with the team. Loves me some girl time lol. They're so cool. I need to buy knee pads and stuff. I'll probably skip the long break, because I'm trying not to go broke. I'll just stay here and study or whatever.
Oh, also, here's the full-blown make-out breakdown:
Argentines kiss on one cheek women+women, women+men, men+men
Spain is both cheeks. Everyone I think
Brazil is one cheek women+women, women+men
Chile is one cheek
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Sounds so relaxing...so many breaks.. Michigan kids are getting into final mode now! gonna study hard for the next two weeks.
ReplyDeleteI haven't played ping pong since I got into college. We should play it sometime, though I don't know where all the ping pong tables are. Did you actually gamble? It would be nice to try it out and possibly make some extra money for yourself~ you look nice and cute in your pictures! Lol~ the first one looks a lot like Miami i think, except I'm not there :(
It's registration time in michigan and for next semester, I will take a film production class. SAC 300. I'm really pumped for that. Update me with your internship once you start!~~~
It did remind me of Miami a lot. And they had one of those long rock things (don't know the name) that we climbed on and it reminded me of you. I suck at ping pong :/ No, I didn't gamble, but one of the guys did. He says he won something, but the story kept changing, so we're not sure. :) I don't know what to register for. My appointment is tomorrow. I haven't backpacked D:
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