Becoming part of BA

yo people. sorry its been a million years since I've blogged. In my extremely busy and exciting life here in BA, blogging has become less of a priority. That's not entirely true-- i just spend more time on skype and facebook and sleeping and spendig time with friends!! (and doing homework?). I apologize!

So i'll start with the week after my birthday, the first week in september. it was a crazy week in terms of going out. since UBA was having a strike and we didn;t have classes, we went out every night. tuesday night was really a night to remember. we (alba, orly, amanda and I) started at this kinda gross bar called Bar Unico, but it was actually amazingly fun. great music, tons of people, free champagne! lots of creepy guys though. we met up with some other people and were ready to head out. we bought a bottle of wine and we walked to club in plaza serrano called macondo and danced all night long. it was amazing. we met some cool french guys, had a great time.

Thursday night - what a hilarious story. We were planning on going to club Lost for the first time- its hip hop on thursday nights. (i went last night for the actual first time and it was THE BOMB.COM. im going back every week.how i have missed hip hop. listening to the same techno beat for 5 hours straight is exhausting). I bought some wine for Orly and I to drink before going to club lost. we started slow and somehow it was 3 am and we had finished 2 bottles of wine. SO clearly we decided to watch the new gossip girl! it was amazing. Orly, who was so enthusiastic about a scene in gossip girl, hit her head on my chair and used a stick of butter as an ice pack, that we later found all in her hair and on my floor. so as we are about to leave, i say i want to lay down for a minute- It was like 3 am and I wanted to rest for a second! so i laid down and then orly laid down next to me and we got cozy and didn't set an alarm then we woke up the next morning at 11 am with alll our clothes on, shoes on, room a buttery mess. Goes to show that I need to get more sleep and that i need to train more to keep up with the porteña lifestyle!!

friday morning was not pretty, but becca and i were scheduled to leave for our 20 hour bus ride to Iguazú (in a province very very far north, borders brazil and paraguay, to see the waterfalls). the bus was a bitch but the trip was great. we stayed in a really fun hostel (Hostel Inn) and met a really fun argentine girl named Belen. we spent most of our time with her and went to an asado at the hostel, got massages at the hostel, and went to the park for the 2 days we were there. although there were warning signs ALL over the place for jaguars and food-stealing aggressive monkeys, the waterfalls were breathtaking. it was unreal. there are something like over 275 waterfalls, the park is huge and so so green, we took a boat to a little island, it was so pretty. i have tons of pictures on my facebook. there isnt really much to do in the town, we didn't go out or anything, but like I said the waterfalls were amazing.

We came back on tuesday morning and had some homework to do before tuesday. tuesday night i stayed in and watched the new gossip girl. enough said. wednesday night i met becca at 878, an old 'speakeasy' turned chic bar/restaurant. it was nice, not too much going on there, but becca and i had some drinks and some good convos :)

AH last night. thursday night. club lost. hip hop. my life. it was so amazing to finnaalllllyyy listen to and dance to hip hop. i finally felt like home. becca and i met joanna and veronica there, we danced the night away until 6 am.

So last thing I wanted to write about was my amazing colectivo experience where, for the first time, I really felt like I was becoming part of BA. I am getting to know my way around so much, I am so comfortable here, i love my house and my friends, I am so shocked at house smooth and incredible the transition has been. I was on the colectivo and there were tons of people, and all of a sudden Bleeding Love came on the radio, and I was just so happy and grateful to be here and to see another part of the world that is so full of life and exciting times. I am having so much fun here. Time is really flying, especially with school starting, but moments like that silly one on the bus just make me so happy.

Sorry its been forever and that this is short! I hope everyone is doing well and I miss & love you guys. VISIT ME!

Un besito :)