This week started off as just another week where I was going to class and going about my daily routine here. Then I realized that if I didn’t start doing some more sight seeing, on a daily basis, I was never going to get it all in. So, I played hooky in Buenos Aires. What [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 10, 2008
Only 2 Weeks Left…
You never think that months will turn into weeks or that weeks will turn into days, but now my time here is really starting to wind down. I again spent the majority of last week in class and doing homework. (Unfortunate, right?) However, the class is more than enjoyable and is more like private tutoring [...]
August 10, 2008
Truco
As I mentioned briefly in a previous post, we spend a little bit of time every day in class attempting to learn a traditional Argentine card game that is sort of like poker…but mostly not like poker. It is called truco which means trick, or deceive. It is played in partners with a Spanish deck [...]
August 4, 2008
Where My Girls At?
I had passed the last week in Buenos Aires in a pretty laid back manner. I’m feeling a little lonely considering that all of the girls that were in my life here before have seemingly vanished. There used to be 5 other girls living here with me. They have all gone back to the states. [...]
