Aug 3^{rd/Aug 4th}

Today I woke up to a beautiful day. They have these things here like wood curtains that you put down over the outside of your windows, and I was very glad I did that since the sun was shinning so bright when I awoke. I spent last night watching a movie with my host mother and father which turned out to be Crash, but was named vidas cruzadas for the Spanish version. We all had a leisurely morning and I ventured off on my first bus trip alone. Luckily it was pretty easy, no bad experiences yet. I ventured to San Telmo to walk through the artisan fair. It was awesome. There were a ton of people, as always, but it was neat to see artwork, and antiques. I got to see one of my friend’s house which was also cool, since her host family lives in a pretty mod apartment/town house that is in an old monastery. We had a great time buying freshly roasted peanuts, churros filled with dulce de leche and covered in chocolate and sipping our café con leche in a café overlooking the main drag. I ventured home on the bus without any problems. Returned home to have a cafécito with my family. Went to bed late, and got to wake up super early this morning to start the visa process. Not fun. Luckily no mishaps with the bus, and I was one of the first people in line. Tomorrow we have to be at the place at 7.15 which means I probably have to leave at about 6:15. Today, after the visa thing I ventured to get some passport pictures for tomorrow and copy some documents we need. I didn’t know what kind of pictures I needed, and therefore annoyed the lady in the photo store. Luckily a fellow flasicto, walked in right in the nick of time and saved me before she could print the wrong kind of pictures. I then walked home, and now I am going to take a nap, since tonight is my first class. It starts at 8 and ends at 11 something. Yikes. Hopefully I can keep my eyes open during this…and make it to and from UCA in the dark. I found a really nice juice bar right by my house, I also discovered a bakery. The juice was good... I think I will have to keep testing the bakery.