Day 5: Moth Balls

As I feared, now that my classes are in full force, I have much less to write home about. I'm doing a solid push in the beginning to shorten the learning curve. Today, I attended my 4 hours of classes, stopped by a street side cafe for 4 delicious empanadas (1.30 each), studied for awhile then returned to my dorm for a siesta. I awoke studied another hour and here I am. I'll probably go to a local pizza parlor for dinner and study while I wait. I am enjoying closing out the nights in the dorm with fellow students and a few bottles of beer. Its really great meeting so many people from other countries...its crazy thought...they all speak english...some speak as many as 5 languages. My interesting factoid today is moth balls. When I enter male restrooms down here, they seemed to stink really bad. At first I thought it was the sewage vents in the floor, and then today while doing my business I notice that the urinals don't have those nice fragrance cakes that cheer up our restrooms back home but several moth balls. I detest the smell of moth balls but at least I don't have to worry about moth attacks in the rest room. I have yet to use the bide (sp?) but I'll report back when I do. Oh yeah, another funny story....so the portenos down here (Bs As residents) are famous for their machisimo culture. Yesterday I was walking to class with a girl from london and we came to street crossing that was crowded with construction workers. I didn't notice anything strange except that my shoe was untied. I bent down to re-tie it and then we proceeded to cross the street and left the dozen or so construction workers at the previous corner. The girl I was with then somewhat concerned tells me that as soon as I bent down to tie my shoe, all of the workers started staring at her and checking her out. As soon as I stood back up, they quickly turned away...I never noticed anything but I guess it made her a little anxious...I thought it was hilarious.