Tuesday, January 6, 2009

pictures from the beginning







cabo polonio





you can still see the tent in the distance



I have a stupid face. but it´s sunset! the beach!



this is a milanesa. a steak, breaded. plus melted cheese, ham a fried egg, lettuce, tomato..... all over the place here.


the fisher boats from punta del diablo








sam flying his christmas present kite.







the town of punta del diablo





parilla



milanesa neopolitina in a cheap restaurant close to our house








cooking in our two burner no oven shoebox apartment


the apartment, sam´s maps...



austin texas, chiquita´s work!








jenny and sal! austin before the trip. (sorry I can´t figure out how to format this. match the picture to the caption!)

I'm done with my spanish classes today

our time in Buenos Aires is over. today was my last day of class. as I write this sam's making fun of me for my inarticulateness.

drinks we've made/drank:
fernet and coke
quilmes*
salty dog
schneider fuerte*
mate (canarias, rosamonte)
cheap red wine from mendoza
cheap champagne on new years

*marcas de cerveza

slang (lunfardo):
me mande una cagada
me mande una recagada
che boludo!
barbaro
tengo que mear


books read here:
if on a winter's night a traveler - calvino
under the jaguar sun - calvino
the hours - cunningham
henry and june - anais nin
no one belongs here more than you - miranda july
the idiot - dostoyevsky (reading it now)

youtube videos we've watched with other americans:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU4uEWyRt_U





in the making of video look out for isaac (obv), sam, me and dan taggatz in the background. ha.