Orientation

A very small part of Argentina, ^
very close to our University.

Today we had orientation, which included a free lunch at a restaurant close to the university. As you can see, << Brady enjoyed some of Argentina's famous meats. It was REAL GOOD. I usually can't eat meat easily without ketchup, but due to the fact that ketchup is not quite as popular in other parts of the world as it is in the US, I ate it plain, and it was still quite flavorful. Argentina is known for its meat, as it is
exported around the world,

especially to Europe. Rachel >>>> was raised a vegetarian from infancy, and had never tasted meat in her life before today. Considering what is available on most menus at restaurants here (MEAT), and the fact that she was able to eat nothing but salad for the last day and a half, she decided to try a bite. She said it was chewy, but was not repulsed. Today may have been her first step into a carnivorous world.




At restaurants in Argentina, when you order water it comes in a glass bottle. At first I was afraid this would mean that they serve carbonated water, but nope! It just comes in glass bottles!

Probably my favorite part of Argentine meals so far is that dessert seems to be a given. :D

After orientation we decided to walk around part of the city for a bit and explore.









Some of us, including myself, live in the older part of Buenos Aires, so as you can see, a lot of the Architecture looks very European. Also, there is a lot of Graffiti that has collected on the walls of buildings over the years.

As we were walking, we came across a nice little cafe/bar place, and decided to stop in for a drink. Argentina is also famous for it's wines, which fortunately, is my favorite!





















I usually prefer white, but dark wines are supposed to be real good here, so Brady and I split a bottle of Malbec. It was made from grapes that were harvested in Argentina in Patagonia. Mmmmm

Below are pictures of us enjoy our first drinks in Argentina (and our first legal drinks in quite some time).


























Tonight George Clinton and Parliament Funkadellic are playing in town at a local club. We were going to go, but tickets ended up being a little bit pricey, which is unfortunate. There are lots of concerts playing in Buenos Aires during our time here, so hopefully we will be able to attend one of them! No one else has the funk quite like George Clinton does tho.