Feliz Cumpleanos a mi, el dia de chocolate.

Hoy es mi cumpleaños de viente años!Today is my 20th birthday and I'm happy to be celebrating it in Cordoba! Because I went to Don't Worry bar last night, I did not wake up until noon today. Don't Worry was a very fun place. The night life is very exciting here, and tiring. I was ready to go home at 3:00 a.m., and was ridiculed for it. Pero esta bien porque era consada. Argentinian youth average a curfew of 6:00 or 7:00 in the morning when they go out at night. And, they go out on jueves, viernes, sabado y domingo (Thursday to Sunday) to a bar first and then out dancing. I am looking forward to going dancing tonight after the birthday party that my host family is throwing for me. They have just been so great. Every morning when I wake up, there is coffee and breakfast waiting for me on the table. Breakfast usually consists of something sweet, like this morning there was a tarta chocolate waiting for me. When Graciela returned from the city, she gave me a birthday gift, a vestido (dress). I was not expecting a gift so that was very thoughtful of her. We then had noki for lunch which was OH MY GOODNESS so good! It was pasta with a sauce that is only closely comparable to DaVinci's, but better. Honestly, I don't know what to expect from my time here except for exceptionally amazing food, all day, every day. No offense Mom and Krisi, but Graciela is the greatest cook ever. Above is a picture of what I normally have for snack and crave all day when I'm not eating them. They are called Marengues and you put carmel in between them. I am already dreading leaving these beauties behind. After lunch today I had the bright idea to walk to the helado shop for a scoop of chocolate. It was magnifico! Graciela is cooking a chocolate cake as well as a pizza for dinner, which is at 10:30 tonight. Tomorrow afternoon, Raul is cooking carne de vaca asado, which is a traditional Argentinian meal that is el mismo de barbeque meat, but probably better. I am still waiting to find out my class schedule for sure so will be writing about that sometime this week and I hope to have pictures of my fiesta tonight to share with everyone. Feel free to comment at the bottom of these posts if you have any questions or want to tell me anything. :) I will also be writing a short blurp for the Tekamah-Herman Spanish students at the very bottom---some advice for you all, stick with the language because it is so useful and opens amazing, unexpected doors that would otherwise not be possible. And, you feel like a, excuse my French, "bad ass" when you talk to a native speaker and they can actually understand you, it is seriously one of the most satisfying feelings in the world.
Hasta manana!
---Alex

THS-- "Hoy es mi cumpleanos y tengo viente años ahora. Soy emocionada para celebrar mi cumpleanos este noche. Me gusta mucho la comida aqui. Adios todos y buenos suertes en sus tarea y examenes."
Sydney-- "Te amo hermana!"