Day 3 - First Day of Class

DING! DING! DING! Primero dia de clase!

Today we woke up with our nice little breakfast layed out! Madison has the SUBE wired so we hopped on and were at the Universidad Belgrano in no time! We met up with our friends and headed up to orientation! The elevators only stop on floors 6, 12, and 17… so walking it was, up to the 3^rd floor! We had our quick orientation at the school, received another safety lecture, were placed in our language levels, and were off to class. Mads and I are in different levels, so different classes. My class is about 10 people, all from different parts the United States, 5 of my classmates are part of the ISA program that Mads and I are here with so it was nice to have some familiar faces and meet some new ones too! We found out were going to be in class from 10am TO 3pm!!!!!!!!!! Sooooooo LONG compared to our 50 minute Spanish classes at USC. After class we went to lunch with some friends from ISA. We started with a large group and realized in order to not stand out and fit in these cute cafes we’d have to split up. So Mads and I went to a little café with our friends Michael and Chandler, ate some empanaditas, and chatted. We’ve learned that everyone in our program is SO different and has such cool backgrounds and experiences each one even more different from the next. We then had an academic orientation at the ISA office so we went there and reviewed some stuff about the University.  GOOD NEWS MOM AND DAD! Argentine grades are pass or fail. Your graded on a scale 1-10… a 4 is passing! And apparently to get a 4 all you have to do is show up to class pretty much!!!!!!!! SO WE’VE PASSED… we hope, as long as our social life doesn’t get in the way. After our orientation we went to a café with Chandler and Michael and got glasses of Melbec, the red wine they're famous for here. In the middle of a story Michael looks up and says “Is that Sheldon?” (another boy from our program). WE turned around and waved and he joined us. CRAZY, how he we ran into him in this huge city! It was getting dark so we decided to head home. We went our separate ways, took the SUBE home, and now Mads and I are sitting in our room eagerly awaiting our 9pm dinner!

Tata for now!

Twin 2

UPDATE... Dinner wasn't served until 9:30!!! We had lokra, an Argentine meal with tomatoes, corn, potatoes, and some other veggies all mixed together. Then for desert we had the famous "dulce de leche" with a banana and it was so good! As we were clearing the table... Marite told Mads, in Spanish, she had to shower now or in two hours because otherwise it was bad for her digestion. So Mads quickly showered as she was told and now were all tucked in bed!