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By: Kramer Hines
Today in Argentina had a… iffy start. Someone… (Alex Spancake) answered our wake –up call. After looking at his phone and seeing the time, he decided that since it was two hours before we needed to leave, he said go back to sleep and his phone alarm would wake us up. Yeah… his phone alarm only goes off on weekdays, so we didn’t get up. Around 10:35, we received a call from Vic saying “Uhm… Chicos we are waiting. Are you all asleep?” We definitely were. I went in the bathroom for maybe 30 seconds and Eric Alexy was already ready to leave. So we all got dressed and went downstairs to start our day.
After the pain of the ridicule we received for being late, we walked out of the hotel and started down the street. To mine, and everyone else’s dismay, it was raining and cold. I really hate walking down the streets of Buenos Aires sometimes because of the poverty that they have here. There are a lot of people just sleeping on the ground and it is really depressing. A few street vendors had begun their day of work and after passing two McDonalds (I swear they are like the Starbucks of New York) we turned on to the familiar street of the shopping district. After taking a street smarts and directions course last night, Vic felt confident in our skills and knowledge of Buenos Aires and let us walk in groups of no less than 4 people throughout the shopping district.
My group, consisting of Me, Spancake, Ian Fincham, Zach Dresher, Eric Alexy, and Andrew Marron, explored many shops searching for Mate cups and various other things. The only person to buy a Mate cup in our group was Andrew Marron, and the cup was awesome, I’m not gonna lie. It was like the hoof of a massive elk, like the ones that Sarah Palin hunts. So we walked out, shopped some more, but no one really bought anything. Suddenly, I had an idea. “Let’s go to McDonalds,” and my group sighed, but decided to go with me. I kind of missed American food so I wasn’t gonna back down. I ordered my usual nugget meal, and when I asked for sweet and sour sauce…. That’s definitely not what I got. I got mustard and ketchup K. I do not lie when I say this; that McDonalds was the nicest restaurant I have ever been in hands down. The bathroom was marble and the inside of the restaurant was amazing. But the rest of the day was pretty great.
After meeting back with Vic, (not to mention we were early… we got to the meeting place before he did) we headed back to the hotel for a little bit of rest, I think it was about an hour of time. It was at that time that I realized that Jack Stutesman had bought an NC State sweatshirt here… in Buenos Aires. It was really surprising for all of us. After that, my room just showered and got ready since (not naming names) someone didn’t wake us up. Vic was like “we’re going to a shopping center” so I just expected something a little like Cary Towne Center or something. No, the form of Shopping Center in Argentina is WAY different. It was like a small city in there. 4 floors of awesomeness, one floor being a bowling alley/arcade, filled my brain with ideas. The same group that we went in earlier was our group for this shopping trip and we decided to skip the bottom floor and go to the second floor. Me being as awesome as I am, get many request to help people find good headphones. So we went into an electronic store and I found a pair of headphones for Zach. As he was paying, the rest of the group walked over to their 103 inch (yes, one hundred and three inches) TV and me and Ian started raving to the techno they had playing in the store. Then we went up to the third floor. I was tempted to buy some professional DJ headphones, but since I have already bought some headphones this trip, I decided against it. We just walked around a little more and went down to meet Vic. Once again we were there before he was. He then told us to go buy some dinner in the mall and meet back at 7. He had been sitting there waiting for us, and everyone was there but Max and Nicole (they were eating anchovy pizza [gross]) , and they ended up being late. It was then that Teacher Lee told us that we would have to stay at the hotel because we were late this morning and that I had to write this blog. I really like it in Argentina and I wish we didn’t have to leave early. Luvs to Mom, Dad, and Max (the cat). Oh and Justin… you too J. Miss you guys.
From Kramer
After the pain of the ridicule we received for being late, we walked out of the hotel and started down the street. To mine, and everyone else’s dismay, it was raining and cold. I really hate walking down the streets of Buenos Aires sometimes because of the poverty that they have here. There are a lot of people just sleeping on the ground and it is really depressing. A few street vendors had begun their day of work and after passing two McDonalds (I swear they are like the Starbucks of New York) we turned on to the familiar street of the shopping district. After taking a street smarts and directions course last night, Vic felt confident in our skills and knowledge of Buenos Aires and let us walk in groups of no less than 4 people throughout the shopping district.
My group, consisting of Me, Spancake, Ian Fincham, Zach Dresher, Eric Alexy, and Andrew Marron, explored many shops searching for Mate cups and various other things. The only person to buy a Mate cup in our group was Andrew Marron, and the cup was awesome, I’m not gonna lie. It was like the hoof of a massive elk, like the ones that Sarah Palin hunts. So we walked out, shopped some more, but no one really bought anything. Suddenly, I had an idea. “Let’s go to McDonalds,” and my group sighed, but decided to go with me. I kind of missed American food so I wasn’t gonna back down. I ordered my usual nugget meal, and when I asked for sweet and sour sauce…. That’s definitely not what I got. I got mustard and ketchup K. I do not lie when I say this; that McDonalds was the nicest restaurant I have ever been in hands down. The bathroom was marble and the inside of the restaurant was amazing. But the rest of the day was pretty great.
After meeting back with Vic, (not to mention we were early… we got to the meeting place before he did) we headed back to the hotel for a little bit of rest, I think it was about an hour of time. It was at that time that I realized that Jack Stutesman had bought an NC State sweatshirt here… in Buenos Aires. It was really surprising for all of us. After that, my room just showered and got ready since (not naming names) someone didn’t wake us up. Vic was like “we’re going to a shopping center” so I just expected something a little like Cary Towne Center or something. No, the form of Shopping Center in Argentina is WAY different. It was like a small city in there. 4 floors of awesomeness, one floor being a bowling alley/arcade, filled my brain with ideas. The same group that we went in earlier was our group for this shopping trip and we decided to skip the bottom floor and go to the second floor. Me being as awesome as I am, get many request to help people find good headphones. So we went into an electronic store and I found a pair of headphones for Zach. As he was paying, the rest of the group walked over to their 103 inch (yes, one hundred and three inches) TV and me and Ian started raving to the techno they had playing in the store. Then we went up to the third floor. I was tempted to buy some professional DJ headphones, but since I have already bought some headphones this trip, I decided against it. We just walked around a little more and went down to meet Vic. Once again we were there before he was. He then told us to go buy some dinner in the mall and meet back at 7. He had been sitting there waiting for us, and everyone was there but Max and Nicole (they were eating anchovy pizza [gross]) , and they ended up being late. It was then that Teacher Lee told us that we would have to stay at the hotel because we were late this morning and that I had to write this blog. I really like it in Argentina and I wish we didn’t have to leave early. Luvs to Mom, Dad, and Max (the cat). Oh and Justin… you too J. Miss you guys.
From Kramer
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