small world

so the other day i was looking at a map of buenos aires for things to do, and i came across a section of town called barrio chino aka chinese neighborhood. and since i didn't have class today, i decided to check it out. after a 2 minute subte (subway) ride and a 20min walk, i was in barrio chino. It was only about 2 square blocks in size, but it was fun to see chinese characters everywhere and hear chinese spoken around me. I got there around lunch time, so decided to eat there. It was awesome. I got chicken fried rice pretty much exactly as i had it in china. way good times. another cool thing is i found barrio chino on an english map, asked for directions in spanish, and once at the restaurant ordered my food, said hello, goodbye, and thank you and asked for chopsticks all in chinese. interesting experience.

today is thanksgiving. wish i was home because this is the third thanksgiving i'll be away from home (first in conneticut, 2nd in beijing, china, and third in buenos aires). Our program is putting on a dinner for us tonight, so rumor has it there will be turkey. holla.

due to the fact i only have class on monday, tuesday and wednesday, and have a few open nights this week, will probably be checking out the local nightlife. supposedly there is a salsa club near by so we are going to try and find that soon. last night we had a tango class, and i got there late but picked up the basic basic step pretty fast. totally different from salsa, but fun.

saturday we are going to visit a part of argentina called el tigre. not sure what it consists of but i think it is a coastal town up north. should be interesing.