Short Days and Long Nights

Yesterday was my first normal day. I got to experience the normal day to day routine. In Argentina, everything lasts a lot longer and goes on much later. We wake up at 7am when it is pitch black outside and FREEZING outside, eat breakfast (which literally means "break" "fast"!), and head off to school. School ends at about 1pm, then we go back home and eat lunch. Then you have siesta time. Most people think siesta has something to do with a fiesta, but it is the exact opposite. It means nap time. In my head I´m thinking, "Wait, they actually expect me to nap!?". But in reality, if you don't nap, you cant last for the rest of the day. Then you have tea time and after at around 5 or 6, you go run errands, hang out at a friends house, or go do any sports you might do at a club outside of school. Then, the family returns to the home around 9pm, and we eat dinner around 10. Yesterday, I didn't nap, and I almost fell asleep at the dinner table!

It is Winter at the moment, which means freezing temperatures at night, and semi-warm temperatures mid-day (by semi-warm I mean 12ºC). As long as you stand in the sun you´ll stay warm, but the sun isn't out much. The sun doesn't rise until 8am and it sets at 5:30pm. It is strange to get use to since the seasons are opposite. I went from heat waves, to toes that wont get warm!!!!!