November!

The latest:

I learned that the term Telo, used for the hotels that you can go to to rent the rooms by the hour, comes from hotel but turned around ho-tel te-lo (the h is silent).

Oh and get this, the Christmas decorations are already up! And I thought Americans started early!!!

Yesterday I walked to work and back, for a total of 90 blocks, which translates to 9 km. Wow.

What else...this always happens. I think all day and when I sit down to write I forget everything.

I bought ravioli which here they call tortellini or some sort of variation on that, and when they put anything in a bag, they grab the two corners, flip the whole thing over the corners then have the two sides to tie together. They are really fast at it and I like flipping the bags when I get home. Weird, huh? I just marvel at how clever they are here!

Um...I am going to a movie tonight. This week my schedule is crazy and I work every day then I have an intercambio today and tomorrow and I agreed to teach my landlord's husband, so I am seeing him Thurs. night then I am going to sleep Friday so that I can get up early to see Levi on Saturday! Yay!

That reminds me what I was going to write about. Last Sunday I was invited along with ian to a parilla, or barbecue/grill at my landlord's house. It was awesome. They had beef, sausage, membrilla, pork, olives and salami and bread and chips and ice cream for dessert and coffee (American style!) and tea and little cookies after. It was so nice! I tried blood sausage and didn't like it but ate some, and membrilla which translates to glands, like the things at your neck. Pretty nasty. But it was a real treat so of course we said it was greeeeat! We also tried some sort of special drink, the name escapes me but I will add it when I can recall.

Other than that pretty mellow weekend, week will be cool then I will be entertaining my boyfriend all next week and heading down to Mar Del Plata, or whatever is left of it after Bush and the rioters leave! There are, of course, many a protest folloing him, and there are often reports of the people marching etc. but hopefully they will leave it down there and leave the city here in peace! That's the hope.

Ok, signing off...