A couple weeks ago I went to La Noche de los Museos, which is the night of the museums (not like the movie though - unfortunately, nothing comes to life after dark!). It's a night where all of the museums in the city and the transportation to and from the museums is completely free. I took advantage of this with some friends and we went to El Museo de la Lengua y el Libro (Museum of Language and Books), MALBA (Museum of Latin American Art in Buenos Aires) and the Planetarium. There were long lines and huge crowds, but it was definitely worth it cause everything was free.
I also went to the Teatro Colón to see the ballet Cenicienta (Cinderella) with a couple of friends, which has been on my bucket list forever! Our seats were super high up so it was difficult to see, but it was still awesome. It's a beautful theater (see pictures below).
Last weekend my friend Kevin, who is studying in Montevideo, came to visit me for a couple days. I became Tour Guide Sarah, and we only got lost a couple times! We went to see the march of the Madres de la Plaza de Mayo, who march every Thursday at 3:30 in the Plaza de Mayo and have been since the dictatorship in search of their loved ones who have disappeared and to protest the dictatorship. It was really neat to see. We went out tango and salsa dancing at night, which was a lot of fun because we're dance partners back at Northwestern. We visited El Ateneo, an old theater-turned-bookstore (and only walked 8 blocks in the wrong direction trying to find it!), stumbled upon an orchestra concert, and went to the feria in Recoleta to buy gifts for friends back home. We also had tons of good food - we found a delicious cafe for brunch and I ate Nutella french toast. Om nom nom! It was a great weekend.
I've already finished two of my classes, and I finish my other two tomorrow, which is crazy to believe. I feel like I just started them a week ago! Once classes are finished, I'm going to be traveling a lot. I'm planning a trip to Montevideo to visit Kevin with my friend Meghan who is studying in Santiago, Chile; a trip back to Uruguay with my program; and a trip to Patagonia to (hopefully!) see some penguins (my mom wants me to take one back to the US for her - I'm not sure that's such a great idea!). These last few weeks here are going to be super fun, but super busy.
As it's almost Thanksgiving and my friends at home are getting ready to go on break to see each other, I'm starting to miss home a bit more. I love it here, but there's just some things that I miss from home, like:
1). My mom's banana bread. And chocolate chip cookies. And macaroni and cheese.
2). Food with lots of flavor. Seriously, no one here can handle any bit of spiciness in their food.
3). Friends and family and the boyfriend, of course!
4). Personal space while traveling - not having to share your personal bubble with 5 other people when it's 90 degrees on the subte. Gross.
5). Being able to walk to class. At Northwestern, it takes me 10ish minutes to walk to class. Here, my closest class is about 35 minutes away by bus or subte. So much time is spent in transit here.
6). Being able to make puns. Anyone who knows me knows I make puns all the time, but it's so hard to make them in a different language.
As much as I miss these things, I love it here, and I'm planning to make the most of my last 3.5 weeks here!
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