On Tuesday we had to go to Uruguay for the day because our tourist visa was about to expire. We don't have our student visas yet becauseee, well long story, but basically, since school is a two year program- you have to also apply for temporary residency. Plus, since the student visa is good for such a long period of time, the whole application process is a huggeee ordeal like.. send finger prints to the FBI in West Virginia, get Argentina criminal records, etc. And things seem to take a whole lot longer here too. Thats kind of it in a nutshell.
Back to Tuesday, we took a 3 hour boat from Buenos Aires to Colonia del Sacramento, you can make it there in an hour- but its twice the price and, who doesnt enjoy a little extra time on the sea ? We woke up to it pouring outside and freezing (not literally), but like 35 and windy. I looked out the window and my hammock looked like melted skittles, all the colored squares had run together :( So that was a bummer. We couldnt reschedule because Tuesday was the last day we had to do it.
Whats in Colonia one wonders... Colonia is an old old tiny historic town by the ocean with a lighthouse. Theres not much to do, but as long as the weathers nice- theres enough to do. My Colonia experience, wasn't filled with pretty nice images like that. No just kidding, it wasnt that bad- just really cold and it poured the whole time. I was soaked in no time- you know... that sloshy sound in your shoes or when your jeans hang because they've soaked up so much water? I mean as long as your not wearing mascara, who cares if you get wet. Its just the ice-cold rain that gets ya. Our day consisted of setting up shop in a dry restaurant for 3ish hours and then finding the local 15 store mall and playing Pictionary out of my spanish dictionary at a table with some whiskey and coke to warm us up a little. The highlight of the day was buying alpaca socks (an alpaca kinda looks like a llama that lives in South America) to change into for the boat ride back. Bryan has an alpaca sweater, and since its their fur when it gets wet it smells like a wet dog for a couple days. That was a risk I was willing to take.
The other highlight was getting a stamp on my passport. You kinda get gypped when you travel to some of the EU countries. Theyre not always stampers, even if you ask.. like, ok you wont stamp it, but will you at least sign it and draw a picture or something.. something. This is so far from home!
* This has nothing to do with anything, I just wanted you to be aware of the usual Winston-Bryan behavior.
Anyway, we finalllly got back to our apartment at midnight and it was flooded! Winnie was using the couch as an island :( No way! When I say flooded- I dont mean our lamps and books were floating at eye level- there was just half an inch of water in the living room and the hallway. It all started because our aparment is on the top floor, so no one is above us just the sky. It poured all day and the drain on our balcony was clogged so the water had nowhere to go and seeped through the balcony door. In some parts, the balcony was flooded 3.5 inches. We had to bucket the freezing cold water from our balcony to the bathtub. That was a process. But, the only thing damaged was the wood floors. It could've been worse. My laptop was on the ground where it flooded and somehow magically the little protector case acted like a sponge, absorbed the water and saved my computer. Thank god.. I mean, then who would blog? haha jussst kidding. Sorry I dont blog about cooler things, I just kinda ramble about anything. So if you are still reading, kudos.
* Anddd this is the usual Winston-Elise behavior.
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