sandwich of the gods

17712 another rather boring day, had spanish class, then a movie. the highpoint of the day was lunch, which i will get into in a second. i like this spanish class a lot, it is much more conversation based, and he corrects me as i go, which helps me more than any grammar chart ever has. today we started to talk about why there are differences between the United States and Argentina, as far as development is concerned, and i found it was easier for me to convey my ideas about this in spanish, than making up sentences about how i went to the store, or what i buy a good friend for their birthday. after class me and evan found a restaurant that served grilled stuff. you need to understand, this place was basically a step above a street cart (if we had found a street cart we would have gone there), there was no front wall, there was a huge grill with sizzling meat on it, a counter where you pay, a refrigerator with drinks, and a handful of tables and chairs, the place was kinda grimy but it only lent itself to the character. we had choripan, which is chorizo en pan, sausage on bread, the grill a sausage, slice it lengthwise (which i do to any sausage i eat anyways) grill it a bit more, and slap it in the middle of a half a loaf of bread. all of this for 12ARS. they hand this to you on a small plate, and i proceeded to cover it in diced onions and tomatoes, and some kind of salsa which i have yet to identify. it was absolutely fantastic, one of the best sandwiches i have had, and probably the best meal i have yet had in the country. i plan to go here as frequently as possible.

(not my picture) after this orgasmic gastronomical adventure, we returned to school to watch a movie, Valentin. ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296915/ ). it is a story of a boy being raised by his grandmother, with parents that are all messed up, and how he copes. the movie was cute, and in spanish, though it took place in Argentina, i did not feel like it was particularly "Argentine" but i appreciated it none the less. after class we made our way to a pub to have a drink celebrating one of the girls twenty-second birthday. i cut out of this early, as i was defeating the tail end of a cold, i went home, read my book, and fell asleep early.