Saturday NYU took us to the Argentina vs. Venezuela fútbol match. Holy Moly!! It was calmer than most fútbol matches because everyone in the stadium was rooting for the same team mostly, but it was still nuts! We won 4 to 0. I also learned a lot of swear words in Spanish, which was hilarious. I'll teach you all when I get home. I didn't bring my camera to the game because I was sure it would get stolen, but a friend of mine did and I will try to snatch her pictures for you.
Yesterday (Sunday) I met up with cousin Patricia. I went down to her place at the Tribunales subte stop. She lives in a nice area of town, closer to downtown than I live. We met up for a coffee, but we ended up staying to eat, walking, and talking for over 5 hours!! We walked down by the port and explored the city. We even saw a UNICEF art exhibit that is in town right now. It is a bunch of enormous teddy bears painted to represent different countries of the world. I was sad to see Israel as a bleeding heart in the middle of the kotel, but the USA bear was an enormous statue of liberty and that brought a smile to my face. Patricia and I had great talks. She is an economist, studying to get her Phd right now, so she had a lot of interesting information on the local economic situation and the government. She is also a single, well educated porteña in her thirties, that has traveled the world and spent time abroad (which is unusual here), and therefore she had interesting insight into men and the social scene.
I had such a great weekend!
I hope you all did too!
Thursday I head off to Iguazu falls and then to Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. Hopefully I will be able to keep you guys posted!
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