Week Six- First Week of the Semester

This week was the first week of the semester and I started my classes! I found out on Saturday that I had an appointment for my student visa on Tuesday, so I had planned to get everything ready on Monday. I went to the school to sign up for two of my classes and had no problems. Then I went to my first class of the week to find out that it doesn't start until next Monday. Still unclear as to why, but no big deal. I spent the rest of Monday running around Buenos Aires trying to get everything ready for my visa. After about 7 hours and many problems, I had everything all set.
My visa appointment was fine on Tuesday. It didn't take very long, but was a little confusing. I have to wait until April 4 to pick it up. I had my first classes on Tuesday. I had History of Latin America and Literature of Latin America. The history class has potential to be interesting, but the prof is really boring. I think I'm going to like my lit class though.

Wednesday is my free day during the week. Spent the day resting as I am fighting off a cold.

Thursday I had my first class with local students. I ended up leaving ten minutes in as it was not a photography class like I had thought. It was about cinematography and numbers and I had no idea what was going on. I went to my adviser to find out when Psychology was and decided to try that instead. Had History and Lit in the afternoon. Lots of reading and it takes so much longer when it's in Spanish.

Friday I had my actual first class with locals. Psychology went really well. The prof spoke really fast, but I was able to understand almost everything! I still have to get it cleared, but I will take care of that on Tuesday as we have two weeks to get our classes set.

Saturday I went to la Calle Florida (Florida St). It's basically a huge street that is pedestrians only. There are a bunch of shops and it was nice just to walk around for a bit as the weather was perfect today. Looked up some info on a possible trip for next weekend, because we have a four day weekend! They seem to have a lot of national holidays here.