Yesterday, my friends and I went to El Tigre, a riverside pueblo about an hour away from Buenos Aires. It was so much fun! After taking the train over and buying river tour tickets, we went to a random little place for lunch. We ordered essentially a plate full of meats. The waitress said its meant for 2 but 3 can share it. Well there were 5 of us and we did not eat half of it!!! Not to mention half of what was left were things I didn’t even want to see on my plate!!! I will try ALMOST anything once, but when I look at something and KNOW it is animal intestines, I’m plenty happy with my ignorance. Then there was another lump that was obviously some internal organ, I am not just sure which one. :-/ Luckily we all ordered side salads too so we got enough to eat even though the waitress commented that we ate nothing! OY!
Then we took a river tour on a very comfy little boat! We found out that in this town everything is done by the river. EVERYTHING. There is a “school bus boat,” a “mail boat” and even a “supermarket boat” that comes directly to your house/dock!!! The houses have numerical addresses but each one is also named for easier identification. Some were people’s names like Vanessa, some were things like Mi Tesoro, and there were even three in a row named Athos, Porthos and Aramis, which just made me smile!
After that we went over to the amusement park and hit up a few roller coasters. The lines were LONG so we only got to do a couple of them, but it was still a lot of fun!
There are also a few things I have found out since my last post:
I LOVE my new home stay. The woman Teresa is WONDERFUL! I came home from work today to find a giant candy bar on my bed! I also told her about my stomach this morning and found Pepto on my desk this afternoon!
Also, my first day here, as I left to go exploring I heard Spice Girl’s Wannabe blasting from the land lords apartment. It was a very nice welcome and I enjoyed dancing to it by myself in the hallway for a minute.
One problem, Teresa thinks my name is Elizabeth. So does COINED. I told her the first day its Devon, but she keeps calling me Elizabeth. I think I will just let her call me that.
I also have a 3rd name I go by now. Maria. I found out the other night that my name is too hard for my Brazilian friends to pronounce, so they all started calling me Maria when I was not around. Even the American they live with calls me that! Their host mom thinks thats my real name! They have slowly began to call me Maria to my face also!
So now I am responding to Devon, Elizabeth and Maria… 3 names, 1 me! 
