I Hate the Hot Weather

So i know that people like being in nice and sunny weather but here is just to much. The past couple days have been hitting 90+ (we actually recorded the top 2 hottest days of their summer) plus a high level of humidity. Im sure that everyone has been in a humid environment but this place is rough. You sweat all day and all night and just feel sticky. Its tough to sleep at night when you are sweating and super hot even without sheets on. So although its been mostly blue skies, I am kinda excited for the weather to start getting cooler, or at least less humid.

The first couple days have been pretty sweet so far. After writing to you on Thursday, a couple people from the hostel (my new friend Tyler, a british guy and his Spanish girlfriend) decided to go grab a drink. It was really fun to just kick it with these random people and drink a cheap bottle of wine but tasted like it was expensive. Someone told me that like 50% of all wine made in the world is from Argentina but only 20% of what they make, makes it out of the country. So i guess a lot of people here like wine :) Anyways it was pretty chill but I came to find out that the couple had volunteered in Huancayo, where I was planning on going for 2 months but said that they hated the city. So I might be changing my plans in the next week or 2 but I am not sure. They highly recommended Cusco so we shall see

On Friday, the hottest day of the year, Tyler and I toured around the waterfront of the city. We both dont much about the city but just wanted to get out and see some of the sites. We got back about 3pm cause it was just to hot and we couldnt be outside anymore. We ended up meeting up with his friend that he studied abroad with later that night. So not sure if you know much about Argentina´s culture but they eat dinner about 10pm, meet for drinks about 1 or 2am and then head to the bars or clubs about 3am until 8 or 9am. I have no idea how this city gets anything done if that is how the go out. So after meeting up with Tylers friend, we went to meet her Columbian friends that she had just recently met. They turned out to be really entertaining but also super nice. They spoke English to us and we spoke spanish to them so we all could get practice (although they were much better at English than us at Spanish). I didnt want to head home by myself so we eventually left at 6am.

Saturday was pretty chill day since we didnt get to sleep. Tyler moved to a new hostel in the Palermo district so I went with since I had nothing better to do. Palermo district is a very hip and fashionable district. If you like walking into little boutiques and stuff like that, this is the place to go. It was a very pretty place so it was different than where my hostel is which is the downtown concrete district. After touring around, Tyler needed to sleep so I went to the River Plate stadium to get tickets to Sundays game vs last years league champion, Banfield. That game is tonight at 5pm so should be really fun to go to. They had some games on last night and the fans here look crazy.

Heading off to the street market in the Recoleta district which I heard is pretty sweet and then we are off to the game. Should be a good day. I start my spanish classes tomorrow at 930am and then meeting my family after classes. Really excited to start working on my spanish in a controlled setting where I wont get flustered. Today should be a good beginning to the week