I have noticed that when cars run red lights here, they run it before it changes to green, not as it is changing to red. It has really thrown me off, and caused me to almost be hit a couple times. It's probably because the light changes from red to yellow to green, and as soon as the yellow turns on, cars / buses floor it. You are way more likely to get in a car accident if you start crossing the intersection as it changes from green to yellow than red to yellow. Such a weird phenomenon, but I have always had a strange affixation with stoplights. I still believe that I could design a stoplight that was way more efficient for almost any intersection; maybe that will be how I make it big someday.
Over the past week I have ate and drank at some pretty good restaurants / bars. It's actually way harder to find a more casual place to eat that has quality food than a fancy restaurant here, that is the continual challenge. Yesterday I went to a beer bar with one of my fellow interns (he interned at Startup Buenos Aires last summer, and now he is studying abroad as well as helping out in his free time). They have some damn good beer here.
I started really getting to work on my internship this week, and I'm really excited about it. I'm getting exposure to a lot of things I am very interested in: Market research, consulting based work, startup culture, and networking / educational events for startups. I'm going to learn a ton this summer.
Tomorrow I'm going to walk around the Northern part of the city, which I have yet to explore. Hopefully I'll have some good pictures to post soon.
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