So we had a bit of an emergency after convo last Wednesday night. A couple guys were messing around, sprayed one of the fire extinguishers for fun, and ended up spraying it in the direction of one of our girls. She accidentally breathed and swallowed the chemicals in. At first she said she just wasn't feeling good but that she would be alright, she just needed a little time. We quickly found out that this was not the case as she started having difficulty with breathing. She was pretty incapacitated and unable to do much to help herself, and we all felt kind of helpless. We called an ambulance and waited for what seemed like over an hour for it to come, but it eventually did and it took her to the hospital. After a few hours she was discharged and was able to sleep in the home of a friend. All ended up fine, but it definitely was a scary situation.
On Friday night we had a BBQ/Pool Party/Movie Night. It was a BYOM (bring your own meat) night, so us dudes bought some phatty racks of pork ribs, and thanks to Ryan Swain's bomb BBQ sauce and master BBQing skills, the ribs turned out FANTASTIC. Literally, the meat fell off the bone as soon as i picked it up. We also got to play bball at the mormon church before dinner, and that was tons of fun- nicest outdoor court that I have ever played on. After a little swimming and chilling, we got the movie up and running. We watched "Drive". It was alright. Super gory and had many awkward silences (I figured they were intentional but could figure out why).
On Saturday night, I followed up on mi madre's advice and took Liz out to my brother's restaurant-Bandol. It's a Mediterranean restaurant and neither of us had ever had Mediterranean food so we weren't quite sure what to expect. It was a ways north of us, and after a bus and some walking, we found it without too much difficulty. As we were walking up, we couldn't believe what we were getting ourselves into. Words won't do it justice but I'll try. The entire restaurant was lit by candles, the tables were all set up in couples, we were the only people in the restaurant when we walked in (we were starving, but as usual, the rest of Argentina began to eat 2 hours after us), the glasses were clearly made of fine crystal, the plates and silverware were super fancy, light mediterranean-esque music was playing in the background, the walls were decorated like some front-page worthy San Torini restaurant. and as soon as we walked in we were hounded by multiple workers that made us feel like king and queen. The steak (Lomo de Bandol) I ordered was easily one of the best I've ever had and probably ever will have. Liz was in complete awe of the whole situation. it didn't quite feel like reality. Before we knew it, 3 hours had flown by and it was time to head to our next food exploration location. Over Christmas break, a new heladeria opened up pretty much next to the casa. The fact that it was new was alluring, but the fact that it was from El Bolson, Patagonia made it irresistible to me (even after dozens of ice cream adventures in which I was convinced all heladerias were all the same). Like usual, the ice cream was totally bomb. After ice cream we headed home (it was like 2am by this point).
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