Don't Cry for me Argentina...

So guess who saw EVA el Gran Musical Argentino yesterday? Yes, that would be me!  The school took all of the intensive spanish course students to see the show.  We got dressed up and went to an adorable old theatre called Teatro Lola on Corrientes, a busy crowded popular street downtown.  The musical was all in Spanish and funded by the la Provincia de Buenos Aires, says so on the program.  Since the government is footing the bill by way of tax payers dollars, the show is extremely censored.  The current administration and President Christina claim to be a Peronista government but they don't really support the workers.  President Christina has essentially created propaganda material to keep the image of Evita alive and attempts to create a similar adoration for herself.  The show was interesting, the dancing was great, it is definitely an experience to see a musical in Spanish.  Honestly, I like the Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber version directed by Alan Parker and staring Madonna  loads better. Madonna does it better, obviously!  

After the show, a large group of my classmates and I tried a new bar (thanks lonely planet!) called El Living, literally meaning living room.  The walls were painted a deep red and decorated with pictures of crazy landscapes.  The bar had a small dance floor and the rest of the space was filled with rows of red and black leather armchairs.  We lounged and watched 90's music videos on a huge projector screen and danced whenever the DJ put on songs by artists like No Doubt or The Cardigans.  My new favorite bar.

My week was spent exercising my spanish brain and doing loads of homework.  We did manage to escape to the suburbs of the city to visit the towns of Tigre and San Isidrio.  An hour long boat tour in Tigre was very diverting, there were many rowing clubs and country clubs overlooking the water, simply beautiful.  I think my boyfriend Jason and his crew team should fly to Argentina for their spring break training trip instead of going to Tennessee, but thats just my opinion.  San Isidrio was a cute little town with some of the oldest most gorgeous houses I've ever seen.

Wednesday I spent the day at Migraciones trying to become a temporary Argentinean resident. Migraciones is like the DMV but 10X worse.  It is located off a big highway on the outskirts of the city.  The office has no air conditioning and takes up more than an entire city block. Hundreds of people are scattered about standing and sitting on the floor because there aren't enough chairs.  Everything is very disorganized and loud.  After turning in 5 different forms, signing another 4, shelling out 200 pesos, and getting finger printed yet again I was sent to a waiting room.  After a grand total of 5 hours and 45 minutes of waiting at Migracions, I am officially a legal resident in Argentina for the next 6 months.  Yahoo!

Mommy Carmen started spring break this week.  She is arriving in Buenos Aires tomorrow, I am so excited for her visit!

Look for an update about our adventures.

xoxo,

Rocky