ONE MONTH

Yes, that's right.  I've already been here for a month.  Tonight Román and I are celebrating by making sushi.  This means that our celebration has the potential to go south quickly.  As my brother and father know, my first attempt at making sushi was one the biggest cooking disasters of my life.  As many others know, that is saying a lot.  I love to cook, but sometimes my experiments don't turn out so well.  But, Román has made sushi before, so I'm trusting him....

A quick flash forward to the future, since I'm finishing this post after we've eaten.  Here are some pictures of how the sushi turned out.  I think one word summarizes it: MASSIVE.... ok, and this one too...MESSY.

Now back to before...

In honor of my one month celebration, I'm filling this post with random thoughts about life here, as well as descriptions of events and things I've done.  My little gift to you.  No givebacks.

- Public Transportation: I LOVE it, I HATE it.  I take buses and the subway everyday.  Coming from a city with the worst public transit system in the country, I am ecstatic that I can get places without driving in a car.  However, I have to say that the subway is dirty and smelly, and bus drivers are insane.  In fact, all drivers are insane.  I don't mean the 'haha' you're a crazy driver because you have a lead foot and you can get from Detroit to Lansing in forty minutes type of insane.  I mean the stupid, there are so many accidents here, insane.

- Jardín Organico: LOVE it!  There is delivery service that we have ordered a few times for organic produce in the city.  For around $30, we get a ridiculously awesome amount of vegetables and fruit. It would cost three times that much in Michigan. In our delivery this week, we had lettuce, spinach, collard greens, carrots, apples, oranges, and walnuts.  See the picture below for a visualization:

- Political Participation: Last week Román and I went for a run in the evening.  We were running down a residential street when we heard a woman start to bang a pot.  As we kept running, we heard more and more people hitting pots and pans.  Soon the streets were filled with people and when we returned to the main avenue by our house, we couldn't even get by because it was so crowded.  We realized that people had come out to protest the current President of Argentina.  Although lots of protests in the country are done by people paid to show up, hold signs, and chant messages, this one was a genuine gathering of educated people across the entire city.  Román was so impressed and surprised that it almost brought a tear to his eye.  I was touched as well.  Here's a picture (that I stole) of the protest:

- Wine: Last weekend, we went to the Vinos y Bodegas wine expo.  For the price of a ticket we were granted entrance into a large fair of Argentine wine producers showcasing their goods.  It was an all-you-can-drink spectacular.  We rushed around from booth to booth asking for wine after wine.  Most of the employees could probably tell that we were there to have a good time instead of to critique and purchase the different wines, but we didn't care.  I was able to try some great wine, and it was a good night!

This weekend, we have another wine tasting event.  Wish my liver luck!