First couple of days!

It has been a great first few days here in Buenos Aires; I can't wait to see what is in store for me once school starts!  On the first night my roommates and I had a very American day- McDonalds and The Tourist in English, which definitely wasn't as good of a movie as I had hoped.  On a positive note it only costs about $5 to see a movie and there are no annoying "please silence your cellphone" commercials : )  The two times I have been grocery shopping were quite the adventures.  Milk comes in bags!  I was shocked but I think my Swiss roommate thought I was crazy when I asked her about it.

Last night we had a goodbye party for Julia and Selina, two of my roommates that are unfortunately leaving on Tuesday.  I have never heard so many different accents and dialects in one party.  There were only maybe 20 people here, but people were from the US, England, Australia, Argentina, Canada, Italy, and probably more.  I'm still trying to get used to greeting people with a kiss on the cheek- its pretty embarassing when you try to shake someone's hand and they kiss you instead.  I had no idea that we were planning to go out after tha party, but I definitely had my first real party night in Buenos Aires.  We left the apartment at 2am to go clubbing.  Luckily for me we didn't stay too long because I was so tired, but we still probably got to bed around 5am.  The club was PACKED with people; there was hardly enough room to walk around, but we still had fun dancing.  The night definitely made me rethink about dying my hair back to brown though.  I am not a fan of all of the attention I seem to get because I am "la rubia."

Today we went to the Recoleta market so that my roommates could do some souvenir shopping.  The stands were all super different and had everything from art to mate cups to leather cowboy hats.  Even better was the cemetery we went to after the market.  I never thought that a cemetery could be so beautiful.  For each person or family there was a small monument or shrine.  They have beautiful iron on the front and a few have stained glass.  I definitely want to go back when I have my camera with me.  We hunted around and finally found Evita's gravemarker, adorned with flowers and surrounded by onlookers.  It is obvious that Argentines really cherish their family and care for their deceased loved ones.  It made me feel really good to know that those people rest in such beautiful place. 

Tonight we are headed to our landlord's house for a big "asado"...sounds like I will finally know what people are talking about when they say the best beef in the world comes from Argentina!