Father's Day!

Today was father's day! I had heard that Argentines were especially family based so I was excited to see what the festivities of the day would be. Our family decided to spend the day relaxing and eating the dad's favorite meal. Lunch was a little ridiculous. We had pizza, three types of bread, "pizza bread" (in addition to the other bread), mashed potatoes and papas fritas (french fries!). I have never seen so many carbs in my life! They tried to put a salad out too but it was nothing like our salads. It was literally wet lettuce with nothing on it and cooking oil on the side. The main portion was asado, but I wasn't yet ready to try out the meat. It was cooked on a grill on the table and while I liked the concept, I'm not a big fan of meat...especially when I found out that one of the options on the grill was coagulated blood sausage! After lunch my family took me to the train station so I could figure out how to get to school. It was so cute because my host mom rode the bus with me to the train station so I could figure out how to get there, then we took the train to school, then my host dad picked us up from school and we all went back home. Oh by the way, the buses are CRAZY! They drive so quickly and weave in and out of "lanes" (which aren't really lanes anyways because we all concluded that the lines on the street mean nothing in Argentina) and don't stop completely for you to get on! You have to stand in the middle of the street, flag them down, then jump on as it is still moving! Getting off is even more scary sometimes and yes it's true, the monedas needed to ride the bus are IMPOSSIBLE to find! Or at least they were for me. Other people seemed to have no problem but I could never get change so I found myself always having to buy an alfajor or pack of gum for 4 pesos just to get 1 back to ride the bus. It was so frustrating! Also PDA is much more common on the buses and trains in Argentina than in the US. Even middle aged couples will be very openly affectionate in public! Just something else to get used to I guess! Anyways after we got home I was pretty tired so I just watched a movie. It was in english with spanish subtitles and I loved it!