{"id":18525,"date":"2019-08-18T22:14:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-18T22:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/?p=18525"},"modified":"2020-01-08T17:29:01","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T17:29:01","slug":"my-first-month-in-buenos-aires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2019\/08\/18\/my-first-month-in-buenos-aires\/","title":{"rendered":"My First Month in Buenos Aires"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Emily Tyler<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I can hardly believe that I have been abroad for a little over a \nmonth now. I arrived on June 22 in Buenos Aires to take a month of \nIntensive Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I would definitely recommend taking this coursed because it puts the \nlanguage into context in Argentina. If you ask a local, they would tell \nyou that they speak Castellano rather than Spanish. At first, the \ndifferences made it very hard to understand, but I have gotten used to \nthe speech patterns of Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of my main goals from my experience is to refine my Spanish \nskills. The best practice possible is to practice with native speakers \nof the language! About half of my friends here speak little or no \nEnglish. We solely communicate in Spanish. The most challenging aspect \nfor me has been understanding jokes. I can understand the literal \ntranslation, but it is hard to pick up on connotation and some forms of \nhumor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city is beautiful, and each neighborhood has a unique feel. I \nlive in Belgrano, which is filled with parks and Cafes. I am also \nconveniently located a five minute walk away from the Universidad de \nBelgrano. Recoleta, a subte (subway) ride away is a great place to shop,\n with a 5 story mall and other smaller stores. It also is a beautiful \nplaced to take a walk. I spend a lot of time in Palermo, which is always\n filled with people late into the night. Puerto Madero is a more modern \npart of Buenos Aires with great dining options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Buenos Aires has been a fun experience so far. Night life is more \nvibrant here, and hours are extended far into the night. I have had to \nget used to a different schedule here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dining and food is very different here. Breakfast is non-existent, or\n when it is, is limited to a pastry and coffee. I never really ate \nbreakfast at home, but in Buenos Aires I have found myself hungry almost\n every morning. Luckily, home-stays provide students with some sort of \nbreakfast. For me, my options are cereal, toast, or a banana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On-the-go food isn\u2019t too common. I have earned a few stairs by eating\n while walking. It is more common to sit down and spend time on meals, \neven lunch and snacks. When eating out, I have learned that I should \nallot about 1.5 hours to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I eat about 4 meals a day here, but the first 3 are fairly small. \nBreakfast is usually toast, Lunch may be an empanada or salad, a small \nsnack around 5 may be tea with a sandwich. Dinner is set around 9 pm, \nand may be later depending on the family. I have friends who eat dinner \nat 11pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mural in Palermo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tea Connection, Belgrano<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Emily Tyler I can hardly believe that I have been abroad for a little over a month now. I arrived on June 22 in Buenos Aires to take a month of Intensive Spanish. I would definitely recommend taking this coursed because it puts the language into context in Argentina. If you ask a local,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-argentina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18526,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18525\/revisions\/18526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}