Alright, enough reflecting. Last Friday I had to go apply for my visa which was really easy because my study abroad program set everything up, we just had to show up, pay, and sign some stuff. While I was there doing that it started to rain so the day wasn't looking so good for sight seeing. Eventually my roommate and I found some other people that were bored at home and we decided to go to the Museo de Bellas Artes de Buenos Airs. At first we walked around the Argentine art from the 17th and 18th centuries. There was also some Pre-Colonization art that was really interesting, stone masks & carvings, and parts of woven fabrics. The 17th and 18th century art was very obviously influence by the Europeans, as most things are here in Buenos Aires. It was interesting but I still felt like there needed to be more. After that we looked around in the European section and ended up finding very uncharacteristic pieces by artists like Picasso and Manet, and there were several beautiful sculptures by Rodin. After going through the European section we found the newest expo by Antonio Berni. This expo is in honor of the Bicentennial celebration of the Revolución de Mayo. If you have time to look up some of Berni's stuff its very strange but neat at the same time. He uses different mediums and many times uses cloth or paper in his pieces. Below is a picture of one of his pieces that I couldn't take my eyes off of. It is entitled 'Nightmare of the unjust'
Saturday I went on a trip with my study abroad group to El Tigre. El Tigre is a city on the Rio Tigre and is just 30 km outside of Buenos Aires. When we got there we took a boat tour of the city and we saw how the only way to get around is via boat. Everyone was canoeing, kayaking, or rowing by us. It was a pretty neat town, and when we got off the boat tour we went to the Puerto de Frutas where there weren't just fruit but craftsmen that made leather products, furniture, and other typical Argentine items. We then took a bus to a restaurant that is on the water. Here we had submarinos, hot chocolate that you make by adding the chocolate to steamed milk, sandwiches and medialunas. After eating we went out to see the Rio de la Plata which is the largest estuary in the world. At this location we were able to look to our right and see Buenos Aires and then look to our left and see Uruguay. It was a gorgeous day so there were a ton of sailboats out on the water and locals were enjoying the view as well while drinking mate (ma-tEE, not mAte) tea.
This is the restaurant we went to.
And below is a picture of me stirring my submarino.
The view of the river and Buenos Aires in the background.
On Sunday I went again with my study abroad group to the Faria de Mataderos where there again were booths of people selling their crafts. More interesting though was the live music group and the people that were dancing. I'm not sure if this was just a dance there everyone knew or if they were demonstrating the dance.
Here is a pic of the people dancing.
And this is Pepe, the miniature horse.
Whew...still a few more things to talk about!
On Tuesday I didn't have class until 4pm so I went with Maggie to the Rural Exhibition. This was a huge event that was a mix between a state fair, with all the animals, a car exhibition, food vendors, and farm suppliers information. It was HUGE and there was so much to see. We saw all the cows, birds, and horses I would ever want to see. Then we went and sampled a bunch of food. I tried different cheeses, wines, beers, olive oils, honey, dulce de leche, and liquors made from dulce de leche.
Cows being judged.
The Toyota off-road exhibition.
After all that this week was about classes. I've finally decided that the film class in Spanish was a little bit too much for my level so I'm taking classes in English and I'm taking a higher level of Spanish language. I'm really excited about my Global Economics class, while the professor is a bit pompous, we had a really good discussion yesterday and I can continue my high hopes for that class. My other classes are good, but pretty easy. As my schedule stands right now I have 3 classes on Mon. Wed. and one class on Tues. Thurs. at 5:30. so I'll be able to go out and do stuff on Tues Thurs if I like.
This weekend I don't have anything planned but I've gotta find something to do today. Its too pretty of a day to pass up. Next weekend we have Monday off so I'm planning on traveling, I just don't know where to yet.
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-Amy
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