First, this is the palest I have felt in my ENTIRE LIFE!!! haha! Everyone here is soo tan and Im pasty white!! :(
Also its 11:15 am here and EVERYONE is still asleep! HAha i was just talking to Devin on facebook and its the same case at his house! This is MY KIND OF PLACE!! :)
But, last night Lucia and I went out to this really really COOL store/ bar/ restaurant. It is really quite and has a store with ALL sorts of thrifty things,,, post cards, magnets, notebooks, hair piece, jewelry, clothes.. and more. Then in the back of the store is a restaurant with trees and plants and vines growing up the walls, its painted all sorts of colors and just has a ton of lounging places!
So Lucia and I went there, it is her favorite place. We ordered drinks. I have fante de cola... im not sure on the spelling, but it is a Argentine specialty it tasted like Coke and whiskey.. it was okay :)
Here are some pictures of the resturant/ bar. It was called Mercado de Diseño. The red "boxes" on the wall are old broken tvs that are now decoration. And the big brown envelope on the table is the MENU!! :) In the winter Lucia said they sometime show movies here along the back outside wall!
We just sat and talked for at least 2 hours! I think that is my favorite part about here! Everyone loves just sitting and drinking coffee or whatever and JUST TALKING!! :) LOVE LOVE LOVE :) Its sooo laid back :)
So we shared stories, she told me about her Quinceria (spelling?) its like our Sweet 16th Birthday but they celebrate their 15th! She was telling me hers was nothing extravagant or huge, she didnt want to get a big dress and go all out so it was just a small party with friends. Then she told her Noel had a HUGE party and went all out! HAHA it reminds me sooo much of Breanne and I :) <3>
So we left this place and went to the supermarket, and on the way we had a sort of heart-to-heart!! It was BEAUTIFUL!! or at least as close as you can get to a heart to heart when you dont speak the same language :)
She wanted to know what people in the United States think of or hear about Argentina. She told me "Im sorry but I just to have to get it off my chest and ask you." I had to tell her what I thought was truth and said not a WHOLE lot, and that sometimes the impression is "bad" like its not as nice or safe. I think she was a bit sad when she heard that I got the yellow fever shot and was told not to drink the water. She said yellow fever is a thing of the past, but she understand that it was just a precaution. :) I understand why we were advised not to but at the same time it was just like they dont live in HUTS! :) I told her Rosario REALLY reminds me of Iowa... we all look the same and I have seen numerous blonde haired blue eyed people!
So then she told me what they thought of the United Sates... or what the misconceptions were :) It was what I thought it was. She said they know we are nice, but because of the past and things our government has done there are groups of people who don't like us. Its understandable. I told her many of the people in the US have no idea what the government does. For instance, it didn't surprise me but we have some of our Army in Haiti, and just before I left I got an email form the US embassy in Argentina saying there were many groups in Argentina who would be protesting our Army being there. But I had no idea that were there... Maybe im not involved with the news as much as I should be, or Im ignorant..?
I dont meant to bash the ARMY or anything like that, and these opinions are solely mine own but I am learning and growing as I form my own opinions, so please try to take offence to what I may think or believe. And if you believe otherwise shoot me an email I would love to chat:)
Either way had a small heart to heart just like I do at home with my ladies and gents. And I realized this is EXACLTY why I wanted to go on this trip. Its more than just learning Spanish, buts is about showing each other that we are more alike than we think we may be. We can break down misconceptions of each other and be friends :)
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