This afternoon I was walking to the bus stop, when I saw my bus, or what I thought could be my bus, approaching down the street. Since there is no set bus schedules here - they really just show up randomly- I didn't want to miss this one. So I started running to "beat" my bus to the bus stop. It was a funny sight, I'm sure, because I haven't seen too many other people running on the sidewalks here. And while I was running Kris Kross' "I missed the bus" song started playing in my head. Thankfully I made it to the bus stop before my bus (thank you traffic light & traffic). But the real funny part of this is my running could've been running for nothing. The are multiple buses that use the same number but go to different places (example, I was catching the #29 bus, that goes to Olivos). Each bus has a small sign in the front window that clarifies it's route. So while I could see the large #29 on the top of the bus I couldn't yet see the smaller sign that told where the bus exactly goes. What's the moral of the story- sometimes it's ok not to know what your running towards, or for. You just gotta have faith that you're headed in the right direction.
Other random thoughts... My trip here is truly turning out to be random. I have classes on the weekend so I haven't yet been able to take trips to other parts of Argentina or other neighboring countries. So stay tuned for more of my adventures around Buenos Aires.
I had my first session with my Spanish tutor. It went really well and I'm looking forward to learning a lot more from my teacher. I can already tell that she has a lot of experience and some creative teaching methods. For example she had me watch two short animated videos and describe what happened in them to her - one verbally and one in writing. Needless to say I have lots of work to do in both areas. In case you're curious, here is the link to one of the videos I watched, think James Bond vs. a pigeon. http://boingboing.net/2009/11/09/pigeon-impossible.html
That's all for now. Class starts soon.
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