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Friday, 18 Jul 2008 | Views [63]
A lot has happened since the last entry, classes have long been over and ended well. I had a few fun parties, one included carolina´s 21 birthday. I taught everyone flip cup and it was a big hit. One night I went to alamo and ended up inviting my friend´s ... Read more >
Sunday, 8 Jun 2008 | Views [71]
This weekend I made up for the boring weekend Im going to have next weekend because my exams are right after. Thursday, fairly normal went out dancing to the only club that plays hip hop. Every gangster type in the city was there, which was strange ... Read more >
Sunday, 1 Jun 2008 | Views [78]
Im starting to get lazy about this blog, but your not missing much. Here's some of the recent highlights: My history class went to a bar to watch a soccer game for an hour during our usual break thats supposed to be 20 minutes. The Professor ordered ... Read more >
Saturday, 17 May 2008 | Views [78]
Last weekend (Sunday – Monday) I went to Colonia Uruguay. It was a pre-planned trip with the exchange program, so nothing exciting. The town is tiny but nice; half the buildings are old Portuguese style and old Spanish style. All I did was eat and ... Read more >
Tags: parties, art, movies
Monday, 5 May 2008 | Views [94]
I went to Rosario two weekends ago. Rosario is just a smaller city slightly north of Buenos Aires. It was fun, but nothing spectacular. Is where El Che was born, so I can now say I’ve been to the cities where Che was born and died (in Santa ... Read more >
Tags: road blocks, parties
Sunday, 20 Apr 2008 | Views [96]
I moved to Recoleta a week ago. I basically ran away from the other house because they kept talking to me like I couln´t understand them and it got really annoying. I didn´t tell anyone I was leaving until I was about to go to the taxi. I love my new ... Read more >
Tuesday, 1 Apr 2008 | Views [94]
I’ve had a couple of minor freak out moments. Number one: I almost got kidnapped by a taxi driver. I was coming home from my class about AIDS at 9 pm. The class is in a pretty rough area of the city and I had to walk about three blocks to ... Read more >
Tags: taxis, stress
Thursday, 27 Mar 2008 | Views [91] | Comments [2]
The president increased the taxes that farmers have to pay to the government. I think its up to 45% now, everyone is banging pots in the streets, the farmers are striking and blocking the roads so they can't transport food. Its been going on for 2 weeks ... Read more >
Tags: protests
Tuesday, 18 Mar 2008 | Views [123]
Friday morning I had my first real class, Latinamerican Political Systems compared. It turned out to be boring so I’ve decided not to take it. Monday I had my first class, Social History of Argentina and Latinamerica at the Public University.... Read more >
Tags: education, friends
Thursday, 13 Mar 2008 | Views [114]
Tuesday, I wanted so badly to go to class but my attempts to arrive failed. It was supposed to be my first class, fitopathologia (plant pathology). I planned far in advance how to get there since the class is in Pilar, a town in the provincia about an ... Read more >
Tags: transportaion, machismo
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