Estancias y Boliche

So I did not go out Friday night because I knew I would have to get up at like 7 am, which is really early for this country. But I made it to school, made it on the bus, and slept the whole way to the Jesuit Missions (Estancias). The one we visited was in a very pretty part, and it was well maintained.

The tour of the building was long and contained intensive Spanish. But we all made it, and some of us even learned some things. I though it was interesting that nearly everything the estancia was displaying was not original to the estancia, because it had all been looted when the Jesuits left. So we were walking around a historic building, looking at  historic articles that actually weren't really part of the mission. But it was a good way to double the amount of history in one space. We weren't allowed to take pictures so I don't have any pictures of that. I do have a picture of the lovely pond that we learned was where the waste from their early toilets went.

The pool we went to next was a nice contrast. It was fun to go swimming in Febuary and be hot. It was a nice big pool and they served us lunch (Argentina style of course, late and large).

When we got back to Cordoba, I went to a place called Shopping Cordoba (actually they call it Shopping Cordoba, thats not translated) which was a very nice mall. I found the tickets to the Rock Festival I'm going to tomorrow, and while waiting in line had a long Spanish conversation with the old man standing behind me. He was only a little creepy, but really easy to understand so that was nice. He was standing in line to pay taxes in cash, as was everyone else in that long line.

Also at the supermarket in this mall I found a gluten free aisle.

I finally made it back to the house and showered, had some dinner, and of course, got ready to go out again :)

She served me so much dinner, I made it through less than half of that, and then saved the rest for lunch today. 

I had missed the boliche last weekend so I was so excited to go this weekend! It like if you can imagine a rave + a club set in a theater with no seats. They aren't all like that but this one was Studio Teatro. But I had a great time. We got there around 2 after hanging out at a local's house for a while. And I danced for 3 hours, there weren't even as many creepy people there as I thought there would be. They turned the lights on at 5 so that was time to leave. At that point I realized nearly everyone else from the group of like 20 I came with had already left. So Ryan and I walked to the bus stop, waited for a bus for like 30 minutes. And then I was in bed by just after 6. Great night/ early morning. Best part - I woke up after 4 so I even got a full nights sleep haha. However, there is no way I'm going to be able to stay out all night like that every weekend. I have no clue how people here do that several times a week.

So I have literally nothing to report for Sunday during daylight hours because I was asleep. So now to make plans for the Rock Festival tomorrow! I'm sure it will be an interesting cultural experience.