I moved!

Yesterday I moved in with a older Argentine couple. Finally.
The hostel was getting to be too much; too much nice, too much activity, too much lack of sleep, too much lack of privacy, and too much lack of speaking Spanish. Now in this apartment I have my own room and bathroom, breakfast and dinner with the family, peace, quiet, and, last night, my first uninterrupted night of sleep in a week and a half.
I also took my Spanish test today which was quite easy. It is funny, though, that one can do so well in a language in a classroom setting but fail to be able to converse. This is one of the reasons I have decided to leave the class and instead learn Spanish through trial and error, by immersion and attempting to communicate. Hopefully this Thursday I will start and internship with a transplant surgeon. I went to one of his research conferences today, and, though I barely understood a word, he wore his Mt Sinai white coat (he used to work there) which made me feel right at home.