Snow!

Let it snow! The past two days, I have enjoyed (kind of) snow in Mendoza! It hasn´t been sticking, but it has been really pretty-really big snow flakes. The mountains look really pretty, so hopefully I can get a pick this afternoon from my apartment rooftop. I didn´t have my camera the first day it snowed because I didnt know and the second day, you couldnt really tell in the pictures. Hopefully, the snow capped mountains will show up! Wednesday, we had a 2 hour break, so my two friends Mary and Krysia and I were going to take the bus to the Regata Club, which is a fitness center in the Park that we can join monthly at a student rate. Since it was snowing, we didn´t want to walk the whole way and we thought the bus we got on would take us closer to the club. Well, unfortunately, we ended up in Godoy Cruz, the neighboring town, 6 miles outside of Mendoza. The bus driver literally stopped the bus and said ¡Chao! We had to get off, walk to the next bus stop, in the snow, and take the bus back to campus for an orientation. Our little adventure lasted an hour and 45 minutes, hence, we didn´t join the club. It was quite scary at moments, but thankfully we were all together, so it was mostly amusing to us. We are all a little timid about getting on another bus now, haha, we survived.
My public university classes start on Monday, so that should be interesting. I changed my schedule around, so I have classes on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday only. Sweet! A lot of us are taking a ceramics class and it´s for 12 hours a week, Monday and Tuesday, but you only have to go a minimum of 2 hours a week! I think as long as you can get your pottery made, you are fine. Our director told us that the art department is the most unorganized facultad in the university and to not get frustrated. Supposedly, all of our classes are going to be pretty different than what we are used to. For instance, there is no tardy policy. Professors dont´care when you arrive to the class because they figure it´s your loss, not theirs. They also will allow you to answer your phone and they will answer there. Students and professors can smoke in class, sleep, drink, eat, make out. (PDA is very socially acceptable here). Hopefully, I´ll have some good stories to share next week! All I know is that I am sitting in the front, like the geeky foreign kid, and not looking around!
Tomorrow, we have a wine, art, and tango excursion in Mendoza. I´m pretty excited, I think it should be a lot of fun. I will give you a report Monday or so. Have a great weekend! xoxo