Yesterday after class I grabbed some blankets from the apartment, and went to the park with a few of the girls to lay out and relax. In the states I'm so used to feeling rushed and needing to be in 18 different places at once, but here, I can actually absorb my surroundings! It's perfect, because I really feel like I can seize every day. After laying out for a bit I went home, did a little hw and then went for a run back at the park-- let me tell you a few things. 1.) I've never seen so many people running simultaneously in one communal area-- I can honestly say there were about 200 people being active at this park. When I ran in from the road, I fell right into stride with another pack of people, and stayed with them for the duration of my run! It was perfect, I felt like I just jumped into a 5k, which was an awesome motivator considering the heat. That leads me to my second point... 2.) Even at 8:00 at night, I still sweat like a pig! I definitely prefer to run in cooler weather, but I'm not going to complain considering my location. It feels great to run here though, hopefully I'm sweating out all of these empanadas...
Aaaand today after class I went to a museum called Malba; El Muse de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires. It was AWESOME! I haven't been to a museum in quite some time, and it was really refreshing to be around so many different types of artwork. Things hanging from the ceiling, rooms lit in different hues, and characters jumping from canvases.. it was all amazing. Next to all of the pieces was a small description of the artist and the story behind the piece, which was written in both spanish and english-- it was really fun avoiding english for the day! Of course I snuck a few peeks when I couldn't completely translate it myself, but it feels greaaaat to be able to rely on my own brain instead of a spanish-english dictionary.
No pictures to post really, but I'll have more this weekend! Ciao!
p.s. my address is:
Laura Kelly
Cabildo 875 1er. Piso
Buenos Aires Argentina
ZIP: C1426AAI
...in case you want to be penpals :)
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