Saturday night and Sunday in BA!

“Buenos Aires is like a cooler version of NYC. There is the same bustling energy and activity throughout the city, but Buenos Aires is more spacious, has more beautiful old architecture mixed with modern new buildings, and it frankly just smells better (NYC is just always filled with the smell of cigarettes, and I can't stand it). I loved walking around the city and seeing the different sites I researched during class these past 2 years. I finally got to see the obelisk, the casa rosada, the plaza de mayo, recoleta, and so much more. I adored the area around recoleta because it was filled with all of these little vendors that sold goods ranging from stuffed bread and empanadas to leather belts to artwork to homemade jewelry to maté and bombillas. All in all, my experience in Buenos Aires has been quite incredible and I am excited for what is still to come."

Rory

Obelisco:

Casa Rosada:

Somos ARGENTINOS:

Nos gusta el fútbol (we’re inside a giant football)

Primera cena en Buenos Aires:

Walking tour & Puerto Madero @ night: 10 miles!:

Today was, as promised, a day of intense walking. However, it was also a day of intense fun, a day of beauty and discovery and lots of good food. In addition to viewing several historically and politically important sights and learning about their histories, we also went to an outdoor market / fair that sold everything from hand crafted jewelry to original artwork to artisan stuffed breads and empanadas. After the market, my favorite part of the day was our tour of the Recolecta Cemetery, which was both spooky and fascinating and also highly entertaining. It looked sort of like a small city, only with mausoleums instead of buildings and corpses instead of citizens. Our tour guide, Mariana, told us many interesting stories about those buried in the cemetery and speculated that the dead rise every night to have a rave.

Laura

Tumba de Evita:

Frente al hotel con Mariana, nuestra guía de hoy:

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day 2: finally in Argentina!

Finally arriving at the Buenos Aires airport at 3:00 am, our hotel at 4:30 am, and waking up at 9:45 am (some of us), our long awaited trip finally begun. We walked to the pizza place, Las Cuartetas, had some trouble first ordering in Spanish, and tried to down five whole deep dish pizzas. pizzas galore! four hours of sleep, no problem. Very cheesy, very dense, and very hard to keep eating. After leaving two whole pizzas left and feeling extremely bad about it, we walked down to the metro for our first Argentinian subway ride. We spotted a girl with her notes looking quite fretful and Profe. Levin wished her good luck, teaching us a valuable lesson about being nosy in a good way. We met Mariana, the director of the travel agency Lunfarda, who took us around the city and spoke to us about the history. First we went to a church, Basilica Nuestra Señora del Pilar, where Mariana talked about the European immigration and influence in Buenos Aires, including aspects like architect...

Day 5: Los Porteños!

On Thursday, we started our day with a swift breakfast in the hotel and a short walk to the Casa Rosada--workplace of the Argentinian president--where we began a scavenger hunt that was organized by an Argentinian travel company that we have been working with so far on this trip. As we split into groups (los carpinchos, los chocotortas, y los empanadas), we began to walk around the city and complete tasks along the way. These challenges often included talking to friendly strangers or organized actors and asking many questions regarding the daily lives of Argentinians. For example, we asked an actor (our previous tour guide Fernando) and other locals (pedestrians, workers, police officers, etc.) questions about Argentinian football. In turn they taught us facts like how fans of the team River Plate are called “Los millionarios” (the millionaires) because their home stadium, which is el estadio mas monumental of South America, is located in a wealthy neighborhood. In addition, we we...

Day 1:the good, the bad, and the "Is this really our gate?"

Through red eyes and heavy eyelids, our Poly Panthers have kept their good spirits. We have seen five different sets of passengers come and go, flying off to Madrid, Cusco, Paris, and other beloved cities, while we patiently wait for our final destination. We're set to leave for Buenos Aires by 8:25pm. Of course, we can ignore the ill-fortune I welcomed yesterday. As Profe likes to say, "we'll turn these lemons into lemonade." Naps, snacks, a soccer match, and sharing facts kept us busy during our fifteen-hour layover. Jaunts up and down Lake Avenue surely prepared our Panthers for languid walks around Lima's International terminal, where they even had the chance to catch the Portugal-Spain soccer game--Nico commented, "40 years old, and Ronaldo is still winning championships." Of course, occasionally, the boredom prompted some silly requests: "Is it okay if we play Hide-and-Seek around the terminal?" Parents, not to worry, students have been ...

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