First few days

Some things I've done and experienced in the first few days:

Day 2

• Trouble withdrawing money from F and M (had to get the international flag removed)
• Ordered steak and mashed potatoes deviled to the house 
• Miriam calls mashed potatoes "smashed potatoes" so cute
• Played charades with Miriam y Joanna
• Went to a nicer Grocery store
• Got a lot of cheap meat
• Dog poop everywhere on the sidewalks and trash because the garbage men don't take it if it's open and homeless people always dig in the trash
• Talked with guys in the store to try to get food clips. This was an adventure, ended up having 3 guys trying to figure out what I wanted.

Day 3

• Went to San Telemo with Miriam and went to the antique market
• Miriam bought shoes and the lady was pretty strong on her price. Argentinians are more proud than many countries.
• Went to an old penitentiary that had been made into a museum.
• Ate at a place on defensa 
• Huge thick steak, sausage and papas fritas
• A boy about 8 or 9 kept starring at me throughout the meal. Afterwards him and his parents came and asked me if I was the star from some sitcom. They thought I was (Luka?)

Day 4

• On the way to class there was a man smashing out the window of a taxi. There were a lot of people around watching but not doing anything (probably were scared to). I never see this kind of crime in the states but in a country in economic decline I suppose it is fairly common.
• First day of class went awesome. I learned a lot but realized even more so how little Spanish I really know. Miriam is in my class as well as Gabriel from Brazil (beautiful), and Juanita from Canada (speaks French). My teacher Anna was very good.
• Afterwards Miriam and I ate empanadas and pizza with a bottle of Stella. We did our homework and had a good chat.