Three days of class under our belts. Spanish in the media is not only a fun class, the teacher is taking extra time trying to make sure our Spanish is perfect. She explains every error we make and even goes through the slang words we will hear from the other kids at the school. We learned that Americans say sorry way too much. The word for sorry in Spanish is literally, "lo siento" but in espanol, people only use the word for deaths and other truly sad events. So pretty much, every time I´ve bumped into anyone on the street or made a mistake I have expressed as much sympathy as I would if someone´s "abuela" (grandmother) passed away. We must sound pretty ridiculous sometimes. The correct thing to say is "perdon" whenever you make an error or brush up against your buddy on the "colectivo" (bus). Very basic things but still very important to know.

Yesterday after class we had a walking tour of the city. (Three tours in three days, all with the same guide... yikes) Lex, Ali, Jane, Sara and I caught the "colectivo" to head into the city, slipping out of spanish for a little bit into Spanglish. We must have been talking pretty loud because all of the sudden I felt a tap on my shoulder and a nice Argentinian boy said "shopping." (He was telling me that we were at the stop to get to the mall). It just so happened to be the same stop for the tour and we thanked him with a "¡muchos gracias!" The tour was a historical one. (¡Yay!) We went to the universidad nacional and to a beautiful "iglesia" (church) in the downtown area. The church was detailed and beautiful but nobody could understand a word of what our tour guide was saying. (He was talking so fast even our professor couldn´t understand it all). I did catch a few words though, "dictionario, muy grande, dios." Even though the church was beautiful and interesting, I was still excited when I caught the word "ultima," which means "last."

After the tour, Lexie and I fuimos de compras (went shopping). We walked around the mall and talked with some of the people in the stores, always practicing our spanish. All the stores were stocked with sweaters and coats and boots for winter time. We´re finally feeling the cold weather and I`m definitely missing summer weather! After the mall we thought we would would grab a bite to eat, silly us thinking any restaurants would be open for dinner at 8 o`clock at night. Resisting the urge to eat in the American pub with hamburgers and fries, we caught a cab back to La Casa de Lacoste and got to work on our "tarea" (homework) for the night. Mama Lacoste, who asked us to start calling her Mama Alejandra, set out some pasta for us to make while she was at her brothers house for his birthday. An hour later, Mama Alejandra came back to the house laughing because she had made a mistake and her brothers birthday wasn´t until today. Lexie and had decided to make ourselves scrambled eggs for dinner, a delicacy they wouldn´t dream of eating in the morning, and told her that dinner was on us. We made Mama Alejandra scrambled eggs with queso y tomates, which she loved :). After dinner, we finished up our homework and headed to bed, I think the classes are wearing us out.

Now we are heading back to La Casa de Lacoste for a siesta before our Tango lesson tonight! So excited!!! Miss you all so much, wish you were hear to see how absolutely amazing the culture of Argentina is. !Haste luego!

¡Besos!