As you can see I've added some pictures. The top one is the Pink House, which is like the White House in the United States. The first president of Argentina, Domingo Sarmiento (I think) painted the house pink so the is would distinct from the White House. The two statues on the side are from the botanical/French gardens. The top one is a reconstruction of the Madonna statue, and the second one is supposed to represent the 1st movement of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. The bottom picture is also from the gardens, and was removed during a military dictatorship because it shows a bunch of drunk people.

Today I explored Plaza de Mayo, which is where the Pink House is. There is a also a department of defense building there, and a lot of monuments. I realized I haven't talked much about the food here. It's pretty delicious, although it's mostly carbs, meat, pasta, potatoes, rice. Every night for dinner I usually have some sort of meat and potatoes or rice, which fills up about half the plate. Needless to say there is a serious lack of vegetable matter, but that hasn't been too much of a problem so far.

There are a lot of interesting things about my house and the city itself. The shower in our bathroom just has a shower head and no ledge or anything to keep the water, so we always have to squeegee after each shower, which I think is kind of funny. Also, there is a lack of coins in the city, and to ride the bus you have to use coins, so people covet their coins big time! Luckily my host mom gave me about 10 pesos in coins, so I should be good for a while.

I received my class schedule today and I'll be taking a spanish grammar class, a class on Tango, Latin American Political and Social Change, and Argentine Economy. I have class 3 hours per day Monday-Thursday, which leaves plenty of time for exploring!!

Hasta luego!