Today was a good day a bit rainy but Katie and I found the street to go shopping. We were being good and staying in our limit and just strolling along streets. Eventually we would come across a cheap stores and have to just go look at scarves or some jewelry, it was great!! Then we had some lunch, steak again, which wasn't quite as good as last night but it was really quite cheaper.
So the first day in S. America the zipper to my jacket broke and I really need a jacket with a zipper. We have been looking in multiple stores and they have been super expensive. Then we finally find Falabella that had one for about 20 dollars and I really liked it, so I decided to buy it.
I waited in a line behind about 5 people and there was this woman waiting off to the side of the cash register. Once I got to the front, I set the jacket up there for the employee. Then I noticed that she was letting the woman who was next to the cash register buy something before me!!! I was frustrated but I waited patiently for her to finish. She wrapped the woman's gift and thanked her and finally took the jacket for me to purchase. I was going to use my debit card and Katie was waiting off to the side having bought something elsewhere in the store. So I hand the lady my debit card and she asked for ID.
Logically when travelling in a city as GIGANTIC as Buenos Aires, I wouldn't trust people to just carry my passport on my body or in a bag. But I did have a copy of my passport in my bag and I handed it to her. She looked at me and said, this doesn't work. She asked for the real thing and I said it was in my hostel. She said that she could only take cash from me since I didn't have the real thing. Well I didn't want to pay cash because it costs MORE money to keep getting cash out of the ATMs.
I had been to other stores in this countr and used just a COPY! It was at that moment I wished I could just yell in Spanish. I mean honestly, who would think it's logical for a US foreigner to carry her passport with her. The copy has my name on it and it matches my name on the card. Not to mention the picture of the copy looks like me... Minus the hair being a bit shorter.
I felt like she embarrassed me in front of a lot of people. Then made me feel like a stupid tourist. It would be rather difficult for me to fabricate TWO pieces of identification my debit card and passport copy. In the end, I just left. She first lets someone who hasn't waited in line for 10 minutes and THEN she treats me like I am going to cheat her store with a fake copy of a passport. UFF...
Other than that though, today has been great! We walked around a LOT and found really pretty scarves and cheap pretty watches. It's been good. Tomorrow I think we may go visit Evita's grave and other highlights in that area of town... weather permitting of course.
-- Wanting a coat that zips.
Amber
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I just caught up on your blog, and I think you've probably wondered why I hadn't been responding. Well....first, you know that I only have internet when I come to the house, and Chanelle and I aren't really talking so I've been avoiding the house. Chanelle is in Vegas now, so the house is all clear.
I'm glad you're enjoying your trip. I am insanely jealous, of course. I imagined the food down there would be of better quality and less expensive. Besides, you're not paying the overhead of an Applebee's or Chile's (no pun intended) and stuff. So you get a better product with people who seem to know exactly how to cook it.
So you get beautiful Winter weather and amazing food, and amazing people and amazing scenery and amazing shopping. I'll be suprised if you even decide to come back at all. Oh, and I don't know if you remember, Amber, but we took a trip to Glacier National Park in Montana/Canada about 10 years ago that was on a road through the Rocky Mountains that sounds similar to your Andes experience. That road was scary, too. Anyway, I hope you girls get to shower more than twice a week and stay safe and have fun. Luego.
Luke
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