We made it to Bariloche!

Wow, a lot has happened in the last few days. We had our test last Friday. Guess who received the higher score, Brent or Fran? I'll tell you at the end. Anyway, after our test I hung out with some classmates and had a few beers while Fran went to visit the Eva Parone museum. The museum was closed so Fran, a classmate Jo, and our roomie Penny went to Puerto Madero instead. I think they just had a few drinks too. Fran met me at the bar where we were having happy hour, all the cervesa you want from 6pm to 9pm for 20 pesos, less than $10! Unheard of in the states. Needless to say, I had more than one. We then went back to the apartment for a quick shower and we were off to San Telmo to meet some people from the school for a birthday party. The instructions we got before leaving were to meet at a disco between 11pm and 2:30am. We got there around 11:20 and were then told the party did not START until 2:30am. So Fran and I went to a little club with live music and talked until 2:30 and then went to the disco. We did a little dancing, a little drinking, and ended up getting home around 5:30am. I was in rare form according to Fran. Reference the picture we put up tomorrow.

We happily woke at 9:30am on Saturday to pack our bags for the bus trip to Bariloche. We brought so much CRAP that we had to pack TWO bags to leave with our friend Jo in Buenos Aires. Jo, if you are reading, thank you very much! We will see you in two weeks. So we made it to the bus terminal, 5 bags and a garbage bag full of clothes in tow, in plenty of time. The bus was phenomenal. We each had seats on the top level of the bus, and our seats reclined totally flat and a leg rest came out at your feet, so we could recline with our feet up the whole way. They served snacks, wine, champagne, whiskey, hot meals for dinner all while truckin' it across the Argentine countryside. They showed three movies and had excellent service. I think we could make this business work in the US! A party bus from Atlanta to Vegas, you party when you leave Atlanta, you sleep at night when there is nothing to see, and then you wake up in Vegas. Our tickets cost $100 American.

We got into Bariloche at 10:30am and we got into our house at 4pm. We had to leave all of our bags in the back yard because all the roommates had gone away for the weekend. A father and his two sons had gone to Chile for the weekend, two Swiss guys had gone trekking and camping for the weekend, and I don't know where the girl was. The house is big and nice with a nice back yard, living room, etc. Since the majority of the tenants are young men, the place is not as clean as it could be, but our room is clean, the bed comfortable, and the company is pretty good.

Our Spanish class is Bariloche is small. Fran, and Swiss guy name Beat, and me. Our teacher is very nice, very enthusiastic, and I think we will learn a lot here. The school is much smaller, the classes are all in the morning from 9-1, and it is a lot less hectic in general in Bariloche.

We will describe the town, post some pics, and talk about our way to school tomorrow. Fran got a 79 and I got a 79.5 on the Spanish exam. World scholars we are!