Independence Day = NO WORK!

Today my friend from Spain named Nerea and I went to La Plata, which is a quintessential Argentine town that is very representative of what the province of Buenos Aires (not the capital federal BsAs - kind of like NYC and New York State with NYC being capital federal BsAs) ..anyways, it was very lovely and nice since we passed the desolate neighborhoods into the heart of La Plata. There I ate a HUGE sandwich, a cafe with milk, and 2 baskets of desserts for 16 pesos (5 dollars). We sauntered towards the Paseo de Bosques, which is a HUGE park, and went to the Natural Science Museum. And right before the ticket box for the museum, there it says in HUGE letters "Nationals: 4 pesos; Latin Americans: 7 pesos; foreigners (that being everyone outside of Latin American): 12 pesos." And of course, I look Chinese and speak horrible Spanish, definitely cannot pass for a national or a Latin American. This ridiculous and blatant public discrimination just got me off the wall when I tried to go in as a student (student tickets are free). According to ticket booth guy, I am not a national, not a Latin American, not a student from Argentina, and therefore need to pay 12 pesos. Of course, all of those facts are true but why does any of them matter when determining ticket prices for museum entrance (except for the third fact about being a student here or in the States)??? I don't even know where I got the energy or the Spanish to argue, but I pretty much just went off on the poor guy, asking him what's the difference between a Latin American or a foreigner/etc?

After a long line accumulated behind me, I got the national price to go in.

After La Plata, my American friends from work and I went down to a Korean restaurant and just ate the best Korean BBQ EVER!!! My stomach is very happy for this different taste of food other than steak, pasta and empanadas. It was a fantastic 42 pesos per person, which is like 15 dollars.

And then we fit NINE people in a 5 person car. It was great and nauseating.