Day 3 - Buenos Aires - First Spanish Lesson
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Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Monday, June 29, 2009
Today arrived with icy cold rain, and a stiff breeze. I am congratulating our decision to go north early but we would not be eager to leave except for the weather. There is a real friendliness about the place that makes you want to stay, but we miss the constant warmth and sunshine we are used to in Brisbane. As the Buenos Airians set off for work we were getting ready for our first Spanish lesson, which is a short 20 minute walk from our homestay. Our Spanish is very basic but improving by the day. Jody and Niamh had their own teacher, Christie and I were in our own group. Two hours was just enough. By lunchtime Christie had developed a sore throat that was causing some distress. First stop the pharmacy, inside there was some dialogue between the chemist and Christie which could have been anything but she managed to workout it to take a pill every 8 hours.
We stopped for lunch at a Pizza place, they make good pizzas and pasta here. A filling lunch for 4 with coffee and we were sixty pesos lighter (about AUD$20). We went back to the homestay, Christie crawled into bed whilst Jody and Niamh set about their first maths schoolwork. About mid-afternoon we had a powercut which lasted about 4 hours. Today wasn't too adventurous for us but we have plenty of time. By late evening Christie was showing signs of a recovery thank goodness. Something that struck me today is that very few people can speak any English at all. Maybe it's the area we are staying in but it really is making us work hard with the phrasebook. Not least of all Jody, who at dinner in the evening often has our host in stitches as he practices some of the more amusing phrases. At the pizza restaurant today, without any encouragement he went up to the waitress as we were leaving, and who couldn't speak any english at all, and said quite well in Spanish "my compliments to the chef!" She really appreciated it.
Jody's Story
Today we had our first Spanish lesson at our Spanish school in Argentina. It was lots of fun. We mainly talked about different colours like Blue is Azul, Black is Negro, White is Blanco etc. After the Spanish School we went to a place called Pizza Bum! At Pizza Bum we ordered a Pizza and some spaghetti bolognaise. The Pizza had a piece of capsicum and an olive on each piece. There were 2 pieces each for Me, Dad, Mum and Niamh! After Pizza Bum we came home and played for a while. Mum was a bit sick! After dinner mum read us some of a book called The Subtle Knife and after we went to bed!
Niamh's Story
Today was rainy and very cold, so I had to wear 4 layers of clothes. We had Spanish lessons today. Jody and I were together for Spanish lessons, but mum and dad were with a different teacher. Our Spanish
Teacher spoke only a little English, but was still very fun. After Spanish Lessons we headed back to where we stay. On the way there we stopped at a place called pizza bum, to eat lunch. We ate a Mozzarella Pizza with some capsicum and an olive or two on top of each slice of pizza. We also ate some spaghetti with salsa sauce. After lunch we went back home. We had a nice dinner and went to bed.
Just to let you know what I don’t like about Argentina is people leave their dog poo everywhere and other people trod on it. The thing I do like about Argentina is I saw someone pick up their dog’s poo today. Another thing I don’t like about Argentina is that cars don’t stop when people are crossing the road.
