Okay! Again, a lot to talk about because I haven't posted for like 3 weeks. So you're gonna get a whole download of my life from the past while. Ill go in chronological order mas o menos:
1. Dia de campo- was an excursion day with the program
where we went about an hour out of the city to a small town and stayed on this ranch where we ate and ate and rode horses and played soccer and just hung out and ... oh yeah, ate. a lot. It was really nice to get out of the stress of the city and just hang out. I didn't take photos that day because my camera died : (.
2. Out about in the city- I went to the zoo (kind of random), but it was cool because they have animals I've never seen before. Maybe they have them somewhere close to home but I've never seen em so it was sweet.
Like this. WTF? is it a bunny, is it a dog? yeah,
weird. they look like rabbit faces, the size of a small dog, but walk on
all fours and kind of have the body of a miniature deer.
And this? Coipo= oversized swimming rat with a beaver face.
But then I went to Jardin Japones (Japanese Garden) and its a cute little closed off park in the middle of the city. Nuff said.
kinda looks like Uncle David's "Two trees" print huh?
I understand this comment will only make sense to my family
so I have provided a second: tile and tree. cute.
3. Viaje a Salta- I took a trip to Salta, which is a northern province in Argentina. Kirsten, Julie and I took a bus for between 18 and 20 hours north to the the more rural area to get out of the city and have an adventure of our own. The bus ride was actually exciting because we bought slightly upper-class tickets and so the food was provided, there was wine, excellent coffee, and horrible movies haha. I'm not gonna lie, the movies were bad.
Once we got there we walked 1 block to our hostel...which turned out out to be a little house sent from heaven. Inti Huasi is the name and it was a really chill hostel with laid back people, good music, good food, and a super affectionate black and white cat. A few of our plans failed but it ended up working out better because spending time at the hostel and kickin it with other travelers was an experience all its own.
We ventured around the small city into the main plaza, 9 de Julio, to the gorgeous churches throughout, and a little further out to a quaint nook called San Lorenzo. The town was cool but San Lorenzo was great. We took the city bus out of the city part and got to see all the small townish places and the land on our way to San Lorenzo where there was a little crick and green mountains and all local people and tasty empanadas (but then again, what empanadas aren't tasty?). The day we had to leave was mos def a sad day, kirsten and I decided we're quitting school, working at Inti Huasi and traveling south america. cool huh?
Just kidding mom, don't freak out : ) I'm not quitting school.
yet.
Moral of the story: it was a fantastic little vaycay and a breath of fresh air to get out of the chaos of Buenos Aires, talk with local rural argentine people, and spend quality time with friends playing Uno and cooking.
Me, Julie, Kirsten at the Bus station
Mi primero hostal : )
Our private room in Inti Huasi
Cocinando
¡Que linda la comida!
¡Que rica la comida! (This was the asado we had, I didn't cook it but it was like freakin thanksgiving. So much good.)
Franciscan church
La Basilica church
Inside La Basilica
Self explanatory.
and I don't even like cats, besides this one. And joey snowy miller.
Me walking in the crick
Julie, me and our australian friend sean
cute little cross.
Kirsten. Final note: I will be getting some more pictures from Julie when we trade pics. in San Lorenzo it was sort of misty in the background and it was a holiday weekend so all the little kids were out playing and the trees were so green it looked like a unicorn would turn the corner or something lol. Anyways, now I am back in BA which is also fun and I had my first tango class here which was really enjoyable. I forget how much I love it so I'm excited to really get into my classes. As always, e mail me I love hearing from everyone. Peace.
Kate
