Aug. 24

A typical day in Argentina...

So today was very nice, I had the morning off so I got to sleep in a bit, go grocery shopping, go to the post office and walk around a bit before going to class. I am still in awe at the prices at the grocery store, and today I learned a few important things. First, the grocery stores stock their shelves at 11 in the morning on Wednesdays. This is the exact time that everyone in Recoleta wants to do their shopping. Needless to say I was bumped into and glared at by everyone in the store, and was cut in front of numerous times while I tried to patiently wait my turn, apparently at the wrong end of the line. I also learned that to get vegetables you do not simply put them in a bag and bring them in your cart to the front. You have to get in line in the produce department and have the guy weigh and price it there before going to the line. If you don't to that you hold up the line and Alfonso has to be called to bring all your produce back to the other part of te store then back to you. It can be embarassing if you get embarassed by that kind of thing, like having your ingorance yelled across the store for a poor loaf to come running and help you out. But, you know, if you don't care about those kinds of things then by all means, bring your unweighed veggies to the front! Fuck 'em!

I also learned that to mail a regular letter from here is 4 pesos, yikes, and to mail a little gift is 30! Woah! But the postmaster says that it should only take a week to arrive, so I will test it and see. Other than that I learned that my computer does indeed fit into my new backpack, that the backpack's store gives the most completely useless shopping bags EVER- all 4 parts of the handles popped out of the holes. I mean, the irony- a bag store having useless bags?

So the video isn't working and I can't see or talk to my boyfriend and all I have to say is HALT!!!