First Full Day!

After my last post I was able to make some friends and see the city some!...or one street of it atleast-we were afriad that if we left the main road that we would get lost! We ate at a little cafe and had pasta libre, or all you can eat past for 21 pesos-about seven US dollars. not too bad! I came home and thought i explained that i had just eaten dinner but obviously i didnt say the right thing because about 10 minutes after that my host mom served me dinner. a traditional argentine dinner. I was already stuffed but i figured i would try it anway! The only way i've found to describe it is that it was kind of like REALLY flat chicken fried steak. no gravy. muy interesante! After a 10 hour flight, seeing some of the city, and 2 complete dinners in a row i definitely slept really well!
We started off the day today with an orientation. I learned that i have to always be aware-robberies are quite common here-esp if i look like an american. They highly recommended that we never speak english while out on the streets. So we're doing our best to communicate the best we can with each other using as much spanish as we know...more like spanglish at this point though! We then had a full city tour, which was absolutly amazing! There are definitely good and bad parts of town. We traveled to La Boca. Un barrio mas pobre pero sus casas son muchas colores!-a very poor neighborhood but they houses are painted in beautiful colors! There were people tangoing in the streets and vendors everywhere! Tons of fun and neat things to see!
We came back and tried our luck in a coffee shop. Most were successful with what we ordered, but one memeber of the group ended up with a spinach quiche...i dont think thats what he wanted!
One of the boys was walking me home and i found a red jeep! It made me happy and i had to take a picture with it!
It has been a great day of sightseeing today! I have to get up early in the morning and find my way to the train station to travel to El Tigre-a place with great shops, food and little vendors!