Bootcamp & First Day of School

So I successfully made it to my bootcamp class (http://bootcampbuenosaires.wordpress.com/) and it was great. Two days later and I am still feeling it for sure!  They are currently having a great promotion for their entire spring session and I have signed up for 3 months of unlimited classes for 62 USD total - waaaaayyy cheaper than Dailey Method!  The class is entirely in English (the teacher is from London) and there was a girl from Brazil and one from Argentina, both of whom were really nice.

The class was at a park in Puerto Madero, which is a modern development done in the former docklands.  It has a ton of luxury high-rises but isn't very neighborhoody - sort of similar to the area of Chicago around Navy Pier.  To get there I took my first trip on the Subte.  It was really easy and full of fellow tourists - lots of English being spoken and guidebooks being read.  Of course I was nervous about slow trains/delays and being late, so I gave myself plenty of time...and got to Puerto Madero about 40 minutes early!  

Today was my first day of classes at Vamos (http://www.vamospanish.com/) which is about a ten minute walk from my current apartment (will be more like 15-20 min from the one I move to next week).  There were about 10 students total, but only one other girl in my level, so it's very personalized.  Class was pretty easy today, primarily reviewing things I'd done before.  I can understand everything our teacher says, but of course she is speaking very slowly for our benefit.

Fun facts for today (I'll try to come up with one or two for each posting) - 

--There is no automatic pilot light on stoves - I have to turn on the gas, then light a match and hold it near the burner to turn it on

--Stores do not want to give small change and they will actually round your bill down to avoid it.  For example at the grocery store (http://www.carrefour.com.ar/) my bill was 40.53 and they gave me 60 back for my 100 note.