Since it´s been a week since my last post, I figured it was time to put something. Joel, Brock, Ashley, and I watched the Argentina game versus Mexico last Saturday in a cafe in town, and it was a really good game. Argentina won in overtime with an amazing goal by Maximiliano Rodriguez. Afterward, thousands of Argentianas poured into the streets to celebrate the victory. We walked to the subway to the beat of drums, car horns, people screaming, and confetti flying everywhere. When we got to the subway, it was packed full with people chanting victory songs in unison. We got off at the stop located at the heart of the city where the obelisk is located, and it was packed with people celebrating. It was really exciting and worth seeing. I can´t imagine how crazy it´s going to get if Argentina keeps winning its World Cup games. There´s another game this Friday, so we´re definitely going to be watching that. Plus, it´s against Germany, so it should be really good.
Haha, I bought a few cds this week in an attempt to find some good Argentian music. One cd I just had to buy because of the name. The group is called Tanghetto, and they play tango music with a bit of a techno twist to it. It´s not too bad if you like that sort of thing. I also got a cd of Charly Garcia, who is quite possibly one of Argentina´s most famous artists, but he was popular in the 80s and it´s definitely reflected in his music. I do like the cd though, and one of his songs I´d actually heard already from a tv commercial, which I found really funny. The other one was a shot in the dark- I wanted to get a cd of some traditional folk music, but it ended up being more classical than folksy, so it wasn´t exactly my cup of tea. Haha, I´m sure somebody will be happy to get that as a present.
I´m skipping my last week of Spanish classes. It´s not really helping out my conversational spanish, so I decided that I just don´t want to go anymore. It´s kind of nice, though now I need to figure out how to spend my time. I´m on page 475 in my spanish Harry Potter book, so I´m quite proud of that, but I´m going to have to spend some quality time looking up a lot of the words in spanish.
Tonight we´re going to see The Producers finally. I´ll post something about that later. That´s pretty much it for now. Most of you should have your postcards by now, but I had to go out and buy more, so both Matt Winslow and Matt Callahan should get theirs by next week. My bad. Anyway, catch you all later.
Haha, I bought a few cds this week in an attempt to find some good Argentian music. One cd I just had to buy because of the name. The group is called Tanghetto, and they play tango music with a bit of a techno twist to it. It´s not too bad if you like that sort of thing. I also got a cd of Charly Garcia, who is quite possibly one of Argentina´s most famous artists, but he was popular in the 80s and it´s definitely reflected in his music. I do like the cd though, and one of his songs I´d actually heard already from a tv commercial, which I found really funny. The other one was a shot in the dark- I wanted to get a cd of some traditional folk music, but it ended up being more classical than folksy, so it wasn´t exactly my cup of tea. Haha, I´m sure somebody will be happy to get that as a present.
I´m skipping my last week of Spanish classes. It´s not really helping out my conversational spanish, so I decided that I just don´t want to go anymore. It´s kind of nice, though now I need to figure out how to spend my time. I´m on page 475 in my spanish Harry Potter book, so I´m quite proud of that, but I´m going to have to spend some quality time looking up a lot of the words in spanish.
Tonight we´re going to see The Producers finally. I´ll post something about that later. That´s pretty much it for now. Most of you should have your postcards by now, but I had to go out and buy more, so both Matt Winslow and Matt Callahan should get theirs by next week. My bad. Anyway, catch you all later.
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