Time Differences

(our internet was down so I couldn't post this when I wrote it. Forgive me)

It's 10:07 and I'm just getting ready for what will most likely be a pretty fun night out. I have absolutely no plans, and that's how it is. It's still relatively early right now. Actually, for a saturday night, it's REALLY early. Last night at about 12:30 I went to a friends house to do some pre-gaming. Chris Mike and I were drinking mixers in his house and we realized that it's about 1:30 and we really needed to start making our way to the bars. We concluded that in the states, if you aren't at the bar/drinking at a party by midnight, everyone gets all pissy and angry. Here, 1:30AM is about the equivalent to 9:30PM in the states. Restaurants are packed with people at midnight trying to get some dinner, and fashionably late means 2:30.


PS-
Seeing as I'm posting this after the night I wrote it, I did end up having a fun night. Went with some friends to a little bar until around 1:30, then went to Plaza Serrano(nightlife dining hub of Palermo) until about 5. When we left, this entire restaurant plaza was still packed with people hanging out.


Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Techno All Night

Well, it's 7:31 AM and I just got home from the clubs. All I can say is wow!!! The music was amazing, loud European and American oldies(Sweet Dreams - Eurythmics) techno. Had a good time, danced my pants off, and now it seems that there are cotton balls in my ears. Time for bed, I'm spent.

Chau!

On a sidenote, we went to Crobar in Palermo Viejo. As stated, some of the sickest techno I've heard in a while. Quite a few of my friends were sportin' permagrins while we were there. You couldn't not be awed by all the beautiful people and great music.

Also, it has to be at least a 3:1 ratio of women to men in this country. Whoever suggested BsAs to me, thanks!


Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina

My First Night Out

What a week it's been! I've been super busy lately doing all my IES stuff and getting to know all my classmates. There are around 120 IES students all together and so far, I haven't really met anyone that I can't get along with. We're all in the same boat here. Some are in the dorms, some are in homestays. Either way, we're all new to the city and we're all super ready to explore and learn all about it. For the first two weeks we have orientation and spanish classes. These are just to teach us the customs and all the other differences with the Rioplantense spanish. These include the use of "Vos" instead of "Tu," the lack of political correctness, and the SHH sound of "LL."

On political corectness, there isn't any. If you're overweight, your nickname is gordo/a, if you're black it's negro/a, it you're skinny, flaco/a, have a big head, cabezon, etc. Nothing is off-limits. Seeing as I have quite the big schnoz, I'm sure my nickname will be somewhere in the nariz area.

Tonight is the first night that I'll actually be going out. I had drinks the other night and we got home at 2, quite early. It was a school night and we didn't want to be out too late. It's 9:37PM now and I'm about to take my pre-club nap. Tonight, we'll meet up aroud 12:30 and get to the nightclubs at around 1 or 1:30. We're all expecting to get home around 6-8AM, and this is quite normal. My host mom, Slyvia, who's probably around 65, played cards with her friends until 3AM on Tuesday! Everyone stays out super late and gets up at the same time as we do in the US. I'm starting to think that all the talk in the US about getting your sleep is a crock. They sleep less, smoke more, and everyone seems fine to me.

Cigarettes and espresso make Argentina go round!


I'll write tomorrow about how the night went.


Capital Federal, Buenos Aires, Argentina