Money Money Money, Must be funny in a rich man's world

Today I joined a new orienation group and I am feeling much better about the whole situation. This group has kids of more diverse levels and the things we are doing are more my level. Plus, today we got one of our basic information talk in english so I actually understood it! Also, I've found about 4-5 girls who actually live near me now which is great. At first I thought I lived near no one.

Monedas (coins) are hard to get here in BA. However, they are necessary for the bus. Sometimes you can get them when you buy something but there is no gaurentee. Everyday I have to be resourceful to find coins so that I can take the bus home. It can be a struggle. Today, instead of taking the bus I took the subway with a new friend. I didnt have to but she was and I figured it would be best to learn with a buddy. We think she almost got pickpocked twice. lol. One little boy tried to grab her wallet right out of her hand and there was a "blind" girl who tried to trip her with her cane. I think that I'll stick to the bus from now on. It was fast though and you can use paper bills to ride it so who knows.

I forgot to mention that a couple of days ago I took the bus the wrong way. I knew it was going the wrong way when I got on but I figured it would eventually go the right way and I wanted to test that theory. Turns out it does but it takes more time and costs more money. Here in BA you pay different rates for different destinations-there is no flat fee. The bus driver had to help me out and gave me the extra fare for free and told me when to get off the bus at the end, so that was nice.

My favorite food so far would have to be "media lunas." In english that means "half moons." Basically media lunas are sweet crossoints and they are delicious! I've eaten at least one every day. They are cheap too! Only about 50 cents in US dollars. It is usually eaten with coffee and I have them for lunch dessert and an afterschool snack.

INTERESTING FACT OF THE DAY: No one here uses ice. That would probably have to be one of my bigger adjustments. I put a ton of ice in everything I drink so this is not ok. I've resorted to putting water bottles in the freezer which is good but I need to buy a lot of water bottles to keep up with the amount of water I drink!

~Lizzie