Chocolate chips and soccer

Mate. Cookies. Argentina won the soccer game! Definitely a good day. Also, before the game I ran to the market to buy some flour for the cookies and I found chocolate chips! I have been searching for them ever since I made them the first time...of course I finally found them during my last week here.

It has been really fun to be in Argentina while the World Cup is going on. There is so much excitement everywhere I go about the Argentinean soccer team and news about the World Cup are always on the front cover of all the newspapers. People start talking about the game a few days beforehand and always ask where you are going to watch it and make sure you know what time it starts...it is nuts! The city is always bustling with people and lots of traffic but when the soccer game is on, its like there has been a nuclear bomb in the city...busy streets are deserted and everyone is inside at home, work, cafes, anywhere where there is a television, watching the game. A lot of smaller stores close for a few hours during the game, too. Crazy!!