¡Yooo! ¡estoy en Buenos Aires!

AAH! I miss my Pittsburgh sports! BUT I did get to watch some serious rugby with my homestay dad yesterday morning.. that was pretty fun! I have never watched it on TV. Not the same buut Ill take what I can get.

Buenos Aires, Argentina is so fun. Not to keep repeating the 1st couple lines of all my emails.. but it is! Its huge. And its safe, its so nice not to have darkness as a curfew anymore! Of course I dont go running up and down dark allies, but its deffinately a safe place to walk on the main roads anytime of day or night.

Its been about a week and a half since we got here, and it already feels like 2 or 3! Time is flying. Last week I went to a Tango club. To our surprise there was no dancing, but the band was incredible! The whole room was packed full of people. Lots of foreigners. Everyone apparently was reccommended to go see this show, and it as worth it! I got a few songs on film that will be great to show everyone at home. This past weekend was my first taste of the night life.. heading out at 1 or 2 and going to 7am. Once a year about 100 or so museums all throughout Buenos Aires are open for free until 2am. There are quite a few bus lines that also run free to take visitors to and from each location. My roommate Joey and I met up with some friends, who have been here a few months, and I can`t say I have ever had so much fun checking out museums! We went to 4 all together! We started at a science museum (which had nothin on Carnegie) then went to a Tango museum and a regular art museum.. none that I can remember the correct names... last was an elcrtic museum (?). The highlight was the band outside. Somehow, after a week of hot weather it turned cold for the night.. but it was worth freezing. The band was great, totally different than what I am used to. There were easily a few hundred people there. We made lots of friends and the night was just pure fun. It was awesome because it was something the entire city could enjoy together, there was something for everyone. You saw everyone out, all ages and styles.

Since we didnt make it home till daylight hours, we slept most of Sunday then went to San Talmo, a huge open-air market; so many things to look at! All the items were so unique!! -- mom, you would be proud, there was no impulsive buying! There were artists, musicians, street food, dancers, performers.. just great. Of course it is all put on for the tourists.. buuut I dont care, I still enjoyed it. I think I´ll check out 1 more before I start my bartering.. I love negotiating prices..

School is stressful. The typical end of the semester workload. Plus, my independent project. I hate stress. I am trying to stay on top the workload, but with managing school- work there is little time to experience the city.. and its getting on my nerves!! I can tell I am sliding down the slope on my ¨S¨curve, hopefully I dont hit the bottom. God and I had a talk today so I am feeling a lot better. I am looking forward to being at home. I am truly enjoying everything here, but I am happy to be returning to the status in 4 weeks… speaking of which.. I have my tickets home! I will be arriving in Pittsburg late Sunday, Dec14th! I can´t wait to show pictures and video. I am not kidding when I say I have enough stories to last days.. soo buy some coffee. Haha.. okay well, I am gonna run er.. sit here and write a few papers. Miss and love you all! Send me some updates so I am not totally out of the loop when I come home!!