Week Nineteen

We were very busy this week. Not only did we have two papers to turn in for our international classes, but we did a ton of stuff!

On Monday, we met up to go to the Teatro Colón for a guided tour. We got to hear a little about the history of the theatre and got to see the theatre. I had heard that the tour would include a quick visit to the costume shop (Teatro Colón is completely self sufficient and makes all of their costumes and sets in workshops that are under the theatre), but due to the recent renovations, they took that part out of the the tour. It was still really interesting and a neat experience.

Me in the Teatro Colón

Tuesday night after a full day of classes, we went to see an orchestra concert in the Teatro Colón. We wanted to see a concert there as the acoustics are near perfect and we were told it was a must! It was so great! The orchestra was very good and it was nice to see the theatre in action. We got the cheapest seats and had to stand at the top of the theatre, but it was definitely worth it.

Wednesday we had plans to go to the planetarium to see the lunar eclipse, but there was a thunder storm, so we couldn't go.

Thursday before class, I met up with my friend Emily to go pick up our tickets for the futbol (soccer) game. We got a little bit lost and took the long way, but it worked out!

Friday I got up bright and early for my psychology class at 8 a.m. only to find out that our prof decided to not have class. I still would have had to go even if I knew it was cancelled ahead of time to swipe my attendance card, so it wasn't that big of a deal. I got to head home early. At 3, I had to head back to the university to attend a farewell ceremony for the international students. It was nothing special and kind of a waste of time, but it's not like I had anything else to do.

Friday night I met up with my friends to go out since half of our group is leaving in a week. We went to a boliche (club) pretty close to my house, so my taxi ride home was pretty cheap which was nice. Clubs are definitely not my scene, but we had a fun group.

El estadio de River Plate

Saturday, Emily, Travis and I went to the futbol (soccer) game in Belgrano. It was River Plate's (one of the big teams in Buenos Aires) last game and there were so many people! The energy was crazy and it was a lot of fun! We just go the general public seats which is the crazy section. We sat (I should say stood, since we barely sat down the whole game) up towards the very top of the stadium. There were so many people yelling, singing and cheering the whole game. The people here are very passionate about their futbol teams and River lost, so people were screaming and it was crazy. Luckily we had no problems. I've heard that some of the soccer fans here take it a little too far and people have been killed at the really important games.