The house in Córdoba

 So, these are a few pictures of our apartment in Córdoba. Alicia, our professor, lives downstairs and to the left. We're the left door on the right hand side, with the big balcony behind the tree. ( : The man on the bike is (as you may have guessed) not part of our house. I met him in Plaza Derrago, of San Telmo. The flowers were beautiful, and he does, in fact, have CDs on the spokes of his wheels. 

A big part of yesterday and today were a little bit bleh - I made some silly mistakes, and I was feeling a little out of touch and frustrated. Fortunately, this afternoon when I came home from the lab, Aubrey suggested taking a walk (that's the top picture). We saw some more of the town around where we live, which is basically a lot of apartment houses interspersed with stores, a few restaurants, and a LOT of bakeries. It turns out Argentine people love bakeries. Who knew? I guess I do to, so I can't blame them... Anyway, it was sunny and interesting and quiet, and helped me get my thoughts together. Afterwards, we ran over to the "DVD Club" and rented How to Lose  Guy in 10 Days. Yes, we are girls. Thank you for asking. I'd never seen it before, so Aubrey had some empanadas and I ate some slightly burned milanesa, and we settled in to enjoy a chick flick, along with various and asundry insect house guests. I enjoyed the movie a lot. As far as I could tell, so did the bugs.

Every now and again, I look at the stars, and I feel some wonderful things. Tonight I was wondering about love and the sky and how big balls of burning rock related to something as flimsy and elusive as the emotional chemistry between two people. I don't think love made the stars, although I guess it could have, but I do think what makes us love changes the way we look at them. And I suppose, if I were a star, a big, burning amalgamation of rock and gas, that "love" would be why I looked at us. 

Anyway,  those are my thoughts after a semi-house-bound week. Tomorrow Aubrey and I will go back to the lab for a little more practice, but on Saturday morning we're leaving for Bariloche for a week. Estoy muy entusiasmado para este viaje. (I'm very excited for this trip). 

More soon.

Love, 

Jessie