Buenos Aires!

Today has been a very busy day, and it's not quite over yet. We did a bus tour for most of the day and went to a pretty cool cemetary in the middle of the city. Basically, if you are somebody in Argentina you are buried there..it was pretty neat. We had lunch on the Rio de la Plata which is looks more like an ocean. It separates Buenos Aires from Uraguay. There, I got my first taste of Argentine time. I believe we got to lunch around 1:45 and were finished eating about 3:45. Everything is three courses and lonnnnnnggg. It's nice for us because we are all getting to know each other, but it's hard to think that all our meals (except breakfast) will be like this. I've had three "cafes" today, which is probably helping my lack of sleep, but I love coffee and so do Argentines.
Our orientations have been very helpful and the director, Jose, is really nice. Today is the last day we are supposed to speak English, even with each other. Luckily, we meet our host families tomorrow when our plane lands in Mendoza around 8:30 PM. I'm hoping everything will go well. We've figured out that some of us supposedly live near each other, which is nice. Hopefully, we'll be able to meet up and walk to the university. My family lives in downtown Mendoza and that's about all I know so far.
One of the things we've talked about in orientation is how different Argentines spend their time, especially at night. Jose told us that after we eat dinner with our host families around 9:00 or 10:00 PM, we should take a nap until 1:00AM, then shower, and then go out for the night! And, the craziest part, is we should come back when our host mothers are preparing breakfast! I have no idea when I'm going to sleep or when my classes will start. We do get to participate in Siesta from 1:00-4:00 everyday but Monday & Wednesday (because of our mandatory class). I'm going to have to work on my ability to nap. Now, if I were Kristin, siesta would be no problem (haha!) I'll keep you posted on how I adapt to this new schedule.
I'm getting low on battery, so I don't know if I'll be able to get on again until I can buy one Sunday (hopefully).
Thank you all for the emails and posts!! I really, really enjoy being able to read them when I get the chance. I will email you back when I can, I promise. Hasta luego!