I have to summarize our day in Buenos Aires because it is over now…

Where should I begin?  I got 6-7 hours of sleep which was so good.  Our first bus ride was great.  I learned and practiced the beat I learned yesterday.  Then JD got sick, so we needed to stop at a gas station.  He did great hanging in there.  We waited around for awhile and a couple of us bought a coke, which tasted great.

We later arrived at a small market.  (Our drive to the downtown area was interesting.  We saw a big futbol (soccer) stadium, which was cool.)  A couple of us had to go to the bathroom in a club.  It was no good.  Very sketchy stuff on the walls.  The market was good.  It was a big square, and we wandered around.  We then walked across the street to a little side area.  I stepped into a little store and felt some AC.  That was nice.  Then Emi gave me a carmel candy thing.  It tasted AMAZING!  I don’t know if it was that good, or it was good because I hadn’t had anything that tasted that great yet.  I don’t know.  Tanner then grabbed me and showed me a store that was named “fanny bergman”.. That was funny.

We walked on down the road.  Stopped in some shops.  I tried on some sunglasses.  We then got to some water, and took pictures and looked at different things like a bug ship that had sailed around the world.  It looked like a ship from Master and Commander.  (amazing movie)  We walked over a bridge and back.  We walked forever, but had much fun along the way.  At one point I took my shirt off because I was so hot, but I put it back on as to not cause a ruckus.  We crossed many busy streets and after walking for miles, we arrived at a gigantic outdoor/indoor market/retail plaza.  I had NEVER seen anything like it.  So many people.  I was stressed because I didn’t want to lose anyone.  Everyone got a little touchy because they were tired, hungry and thirsty.

We finally found a side restaurant to eat at.  By the way, if you have 25 people in a foreign country, NEVER try to eat together at one place unless it is planned out in advance!  I mean, that’s hard to do in the States, much less another country!  It was a crazy experience, but it ended up working out just fine.  I sat at a table with Neal, Emi and Agustina, and everyone else was close by so it was fun.  It was the first cold water I had had in days, so that was great! And the bottled pepsi was pretty good too!

After we ate, we had more walking.  We walked through the plaza for a long time.  We finally arrived at an indoor mall place, that reminded me of the galleria.  We then split everyone into families, which was so great!  I still had a hard time having everyone split up because I was feeling like a dad hardcore.  I ended up staying with John, Carrie, Emi, Agustina and Elisa.  I like to stay with as many Argentines that I can because I like to learn as much as I can about Argentina whenever I can.

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We had a good time.  We went with Carrie as she bought 2 matte holders for her and her boyfriend.  It was fun to encourage her to get them because she was unsure.  (Now I regret not buying one) We then went to McDonalds to get cheap ice cream.  I got bottle water and felt really cool because I did the whole transaction in Spanish.  We hung out for a little but and then met back up with everyone at the mall.  I ran off with Laura really quick to buy Brooke an Argentina Starbucks mug which was fun.  We then walked FOREVER again.

We saw an important monument on what they say is the world’s widest street.  Then we saw the White House equivalent of Argentina.  That was really cool.  We also saw a wooden subway car.  It was hard for me to understand the significance.  We took some pics and rested.  We had a great bus ride home.  We stopped at a Shell Select.  It was weird.  I felt like I was back in the States for a second.  We got some snacks and jumped back on the bus.  We had a great bus ride home.  We sang American songs and talked most of the way.

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Back at camp, we swam and had so much fun!  We played follow the leader.  Jose came running up yelling “baywatch”.  Oh man!  We had a blast acting out baywatch stuff.  So hysterical.

We then ate, hung out and talked and then played the animal beat game in the kitchen.  That was a ton of fun.  Man, I could have played that all night.  Tanner really stunk.  I was the king for the most time!  YEA!